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James Joyce and the philosophers at Finnegans wake /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verene, Donald Phillip, 1937- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941. > Finnegans wake.
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bruno, Giordano, > 1548-1600 > Influence.
Nicholas, > of Cusa, Cardinal, > 1401-1464 > Influence.
Vico, Giambattista, > 1668-1744 > Influence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Plato's ancient quarrel
  • Beckett's exagmination
  • Joyce's philosophical vocabulary
  • Bruno's equals of opposites and Cusanus's learned ignorants
  • Vico's Vita and the producer (Mr. John Baptister Vickar)
  • Vico's Science and the millwheeling vicociclometer
  • Appendix. Register of philosophers at the Wake.