Swift, Joyce, and the Flight from Home: Quests of Transcendence and the Sin of Separation

by G. Douglas Atkins

Book Overview

In a fresh reading of Gulliver's Travels and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Atkins draws parallels between the protagonists: both Lemuel Gulliver and Stephen Dedalus flee from the burdens of life, seeking a transcendent existence. The study sheds important new light on both novels as essential critiques of modern misunderstandings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137399813
• ISBN13: 9781137399816
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 67 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"