{"product_id":"9798216392781","title":"Epic Novel in the Ulyssean Tradition From Ulysses to Gravity’s Rainbow and Infinite Jest","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEpic Novel in the Ulyssean Tradition\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Ulysses to Gravity’s Rainbow and Infinite Jest\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDominik Steinhilber\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIT026000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access book shows how epic novels after \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e pick up on, discuss, and transform the principle the novel develops to recover the epic's aesthetic totality for the modern novel, becoming modern epics in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHow does one write something “epic”?\u003ci\u003e The Epic Novel in the Ulyssean Tradition \u003c\/i\u003elooks at the strategies employed by James Joyce in \u003ci\u003eUlysses, \u003c\/i\u003epursuing the classical epic's goals from within the modern novel, and posits a “Ulyssean tradition” that follows within the modern epic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dominik Steinhilber approaches questions of genre and the history of literary aesthetics by way of close readings of \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003e(1922), Thomas Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), and David Foster Wallace's \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). Guided by the problem terms of metempsychosis, consubstantiality, and parallax, which are central to Joyce's hybridization of epic and novel, Steinhilber arrives at a discussion of a distinct model for the modern epic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Epic Novel in the Ulyssean Tradition \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates these literary questions through an approach that is attuned to both extrinsic and intrinsic pressures – and thereby traces how genre works aesthetically, yet never in a vacuum – without reducing literary aesthetics to social, historical, or political motivations alone, thereby taking art seriously in what it can tell us about itself and the world we live in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Publication Fund of the University of Konstanz and the ZKF\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDominik Steinhilber\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of American Studies at University of Konstanz, Germany.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216392781\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62062639972492,"sku":"9798216392781","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7a6d349f-4750-475d-86e2-080a10e79440.jpg?v=1790895514","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216392781","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}