{"product_id":"useless-joyce-textual-functions-cultural-appropriations-hardback-9781487502508","title":"Useless Joyce; Textual Functions, Cultural Appropriations (Hardback) 9781487502508","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUseless Joyce\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTextual Functions, Cultural Appropriations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Conley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487502508\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...Conley\u0026amp;#x2019;s insatiable appetite to read Joyce for his usefulness enriches our understanding of his texts and will provoke further research and inquiry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Eleni Loukopoulou, Independent Scholar (James Joyce Quarterly, vol 55 no 1-3, Spring\/Summer '18) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e provides an implicit defense of literary pleasure, with the teacher-critic serving as mediator of that pleasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Mark Wollaeger (James Joyce Literary Supplement, Fall 2018) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Highly recommended.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - R.D. Newman (Choice Magazine vol 55:10:2018)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Conley\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e provocatively analyses Joyce\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake \u003c\/i\u003eand takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art. Conley argues that the works of James Joyce, often thought difficult and far from practical, are in fact polymorphous meditations on this question. Examinations of traditional textual functions such as quoting, editing, translating, and annotating texts are set against the ways in which texts may be assigned unexpected but thoroughly practical purposes. Conley\u0026amp;#x2019;s accessible and witty engagement with the material views the rise of explication and commentary on Joyce\u0026amp;#x2019;s work as an industry not unlike the rise of self-help publishing. We can therefore read \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e as various kinds of guides and uncover new or forgotten \"uses\" for them. \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce \u003c\/i\u003einvites new discussions about the assumptions at work behind our definitions of literature, interpretation, and use. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Textual Functions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Guidance Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Misquoting Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Limited Editions, Edited Limitations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Translation, Annotation, Hesitation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Cultural Appropriations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Make a Stump Speech of It\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Win a Dream Date with James Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: The Stephen Dedalus Diet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Means without End\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595457491224,"sku":"9781487502508","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/useless-joyce-textual-functions-cultural-appropriations-hardback-9781487502508","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}