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Author:
Friedman, Alan Warren.
Title:
Party pieces : oral storytelling and social performance in Joyce and Beckett / Alan W. Friedman.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xxix, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Joyce, James,--1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.
Beckett, Samuel,--1906-1989--Criticism and interpretation.
Storytelling in literature.
Self-presentation in literature.
Social interaction in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- "Party pieces": oral storytelling and social performance in Ireland -- Dubliner: "scrupulous meanness" versus expansive performance -- Stephen Dedalus's non serviam: patriarchal and performative failure in a portrait of the artist as a young man -- Vying for artistry in Ulysses -- Vying for center stage in Beckett's early plays -- Coda: Stage(d) endings.
Series:
Irish studies
ISBN:
0815631235 (alk. paper)
9780815631231 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
2007018222
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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