The Incarnation of Language: Joyce, Proust and a Philosophy of the Flesh

by Michael O'Sullivan and Michael O'Sullivan

Book Overview

The Incarnation of Language investigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed in phenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. It then examines the interest that Joyce and Proust share in the concept of incarnation. By examining the themes of synthesis and embodiment that incarnation connotes for these writers, it offers a new reading of their work departing from critical readings that have privileged notions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472512952
• ISBN13: 9781472512956
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"