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An enlightening study of three writers, Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians begins with an explanation of the effect of the printing press on books. The "book as book" has been removed from the oral tradition by such features as prefaces, footnotes, and indexes. Books have become voiceless in some sense -- they are to be read silently, not recited aloud. How this mechanical change affected the possibilities of fiction is Kenner's subject. Each of the three featured authors approached this situation in a unique, yet connected way: Flaubert as the "Comedian of the Enlightenment," categorizing man's intellectual follies; Joyce as the "Comedian of the Inventory," with his meticulously constructed lists; and Beckett as the "Comedian of the Impasse," eliminating facts and writing novels about a man alone writing.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett
• Author: Hugh Kenner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 107
• EAN: 9781564783806
• ISBN: 1564783804
• ID: 04813719
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Weight: 182 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 144 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. February 2005

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