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Joyce´s Ulysses: Philosophical Perspectives
Edited By Philip Kit
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Though James Joyce was steeped in philosophy and humanism, he has received too little attention from contemporary philosophers in comparison to many of the other titans of modernist fiction. This book probes the possibilities for thinking philosophically about Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, presenting readings by renowned scholars such David Hills, Garry L. Hagberg, Vicki Mahaffey, Martha C. Nussbaum, Sam Slote, Wendy J. Truran, and Philip Kitcher, who also provides an introduction to the volume that considers broader themes and situates Ulysses as a work of philosophical interest. For the central characters of Ulysses--Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, and Stephen Dedalus, ... Read more
Though James Joyce was steeped in philosophy and humanism, he has received too little attention from contemporary philosophers in comparison to many of the other titans of modernist fiction. This book probes the possibilities for thinking philosophically about Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, presenting readings by renowned scholars such David Hills, Garry L. Hagberg, Vicki Mahaffey, Martha C. Nussbaum, Sam Slote, Wendy J. Truran, and Philip Kitcher, who also provides an introduction to the volume that considers broader themes and situates Ulysses as a work of philosophical interest. For the central characters of Ulysses--Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, and Stephen Dedalus, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190842253
SKU
V9780190842253
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Ref
99-43
About Edited By Philip Kit
Philip Kitcher is John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Columbia. He is the author of numerous books, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the first recipient of the Prometheus Prize, awarded by the American Philosophical Association for work in expanding the frontiers of Science and Philosophy. He has been named a "Friend of Darwin" ... Read more
Reviews for Joyce´s Ulysses: Philosophical Perspectives
This excellent volume does an admirable job of examining Ulysses from a philosophical perspective without, as too often happens, becoming reductionist in its approach to either philosophy or literature...The six essays it contains...work together in a number of complex and extremely suggestive ways...The volume thus creates the feeling of an intelligent conversation between friends (each with their own distinctive point ... Read more