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Party Pieces: Oral Storytelling and Social Performance in Joyce and Beckett (Irish Studies)
Alan Friedman
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Description for Party Pieces: Oral Storytelling and Social Performance in Joyce and Beckett (Irish Studies)
Paperback. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Irishness has often meant self-dramatization because Ireland is commonly represented as a nation of storytellers, musicians, and virtuoso performers. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. In this groundbreaking work, Alan W. Friedman explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. He explains its cultural significance and discusses the major works of both authors, illustrating the diverse ways in which Ireland is enacted. ""Party Pieces"" offers a distinct contribution to the critical study ... Read more
Irishness has often meant self-dramatization because Ireland is commonly represented as a nation of storytellers, musicians, and virtuoso performers. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. In this groundbreaking work, Alan W. Friedman explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. He explains its cultural significance and discusses the major works of both authors, illustrating the diverse ways in which Ireland is enacted. ""Party Pieces"" offers a distinct contribution to the critical study ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Irish Studies
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631484
SKU
V9780815631484
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About Alan Friedman
Alan W. Friedman is Arthur J. Thaman and Wilhelmina Dore Thaman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Fictional Death and the Modernist Enterprise and editor of Beckett in Black and Red: The Translations for Nancy Cunard's Negro.
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