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Title: FLAUBERT, JOYCE AND BECKETT
THE STOIC COMEDIANS
By: Hugh Kenner, Guy Davenport (Illus)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1564783804
ISBN 13: 9781564783806
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Publisher: DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Pub. date: 1 February, 2005
Pages: 107
Synopsis: An enlightening study of three writers, Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians begins with an explanation of the effect of the printing press on books. The "book as book" has been removed from the oral tradition by such features as prefaces, footnotes, and indexes. Books have become voiceless in some sense--they are to be read silently, not recited aloud. How this mechanical change affected the possibilities of fiction is Kenner's subject. Each of the three featured authors approached this situation in a unique, yet connected way: Flaubert as the "Comedian of the Enlightenment," categorizing man's intellectual follies; Joyce as the "Comedian of the Inventory," with his meticulously constructed lists; and Beckett as the "Comedian of the Impasse," eliminating facts and writing novels about a man alone writing.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Returns: Returnable
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