Remembering and the Sound of Words
«Remembering and the Sound of Words is one of the more remarkable critical studies it has been my good fortune and delight to have read. ... it should be greeted in triumph, if only for having vanquished a few recent impieties and for restoring the remembering mind to its rightful eminence. ... this is that rare instance of a critical work that waves no banners, nor proclaims a post-Derridean superiority over its ostensible subjects, but instead, quietly and unpretentiously, respects the texts it discusses, and does what criticism so rarely does, i.e. illuminating those texts by sensitive close reading. ... It is an exciting thesis, complex and ambitious, yet clearly stated and meticulously worked out. The effect is compelling. ... What is consistently impressive is not simply the range of Piette's reference, nor the precision of his detail, but the quality of the insight be brings to and derives from the texts he examines.»
James Joyce Literary Supplement, 1997
The work of Mallarme, Proust, Joyce and Beckett is discussed in this text in relation to remembering and the sound of words. It should be of value to comparative literature students and specialists, and linguists, particularly those concerned with phonosemantics. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Clarendon Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198182689
- Utgivelsesår
- 1996
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
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«Remembering and the Sound of Words is one of the more remarkable critical studies it has been my good fortune and delight to have read. ... it should be greeted in triumph, if only for having vanquished a few recent impieties and for restoring the remembering mind to its rightful eminence. ... this is that rare instance of a critical work that waves no banners, nor proclaims a post-Derridean superiority over its ostensible subjects, but instead, quietly and unpretentiously, respects the texts it discusses, and does what criticism so rarely does, i.e. illuminating those texts by sensitive close reading. ... It is an exciting thesis, complex and ambitious, yet clearly stated and meticulously worked out. The effect is compelling. ... What is consistently impressive is not simply the range of Piette's reference, nor the precision of his detail, but the quality of the insight be brings to and derives from the texts he examines.»
James Joyce Literary Supplement, 1997
«This is a resource for consultation as well as for theory.»
Dorothy M. Betz, French Review