James Joyce and the Revolt of Love : Marriage, Adultery, Desire /

This study examines the representation of marital and extramarital relations in James Joyce's texts, with reference to context and to Joyce's biography. Utell claims that Joyce uses these relations to imagine a different kind of love, one based in a radical acceptance and a rejection of a...

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Main Author: Utell, Janine (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:New directions in Irish and Irish American literature.
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Summary:This study examines the representation of marital and extramarital relations in James Joyce's texts, with reference to context and to Joyce's biography. Utell claims that Joyce uses these relations to imagine a different kind of love, one based in a radical acceptance and a rejection of a utilitarian and sexually repressive stance towards marriage.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN:9780230111820
DOI:10.1057/9780230111820