{"product_id":"celtic-unconscious-the-9780268101015","title":"Celtic Unconscious The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Celtic Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vital new interpretation of modernist literature through an examination of James Joyce's employment of Scottish literature and philosophy, as well as a commentary on his portrayal of shared Irish and Scottish histories and cultures. Barlow also offers an innovative look at the strong influences that Joyce's predecessors had on his work, including James Macpherson, James Hogg, David Hume, Robert Burns, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The book draws upon all of Joyce's major texts but focuses mainly on \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e in making three main, interrelated arguments: that Joyce applies what he sees as a specifically Celtic viewpoint to create the atmosphere of instability and skepticism of \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e; that this reasoning is divided into contrasting elements, which reflect the deep religious and national divide of post-1922 Ireland, but which have their basis in Scottish literature; and finally, that despite the illustration of the contra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative, suggestive, and deeply read in Joycean sources and criticism, this book is a new map of the cultural crossings between two parts of an archipelago whose contours are centuries deep. This is an excellent addition to Joyce studies and an important intervention in the reception of Scottish writers from Burns to MacDiarmid.\" —Nicholas Allen, Franklin Professor of English, University of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This excellent study firmly and convincingly establishes the importance and roles of Scotland, Scottish history, and Scottish literature in Joyce’s works. And it shows Joyce’s awareness of both Ireland and Scotland as hybrid societies.” —Vincent J. Cheng, Shirley Sutton Thomas Professor of English, University of Utah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Irish-Scottish studies is now a recognized field with a growing footprint, part of a larger concern with archipelagic relations. But where others have merely dabbled, Barlow has dug deep and brought buried meanings to the surface. His grasp of the complexity and subtlety of Joyce’s engagement with Scotland, its levels and layers, its sediments and strands, particularly in \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, is exemplary.\" — Willy Maley, University of Glasgow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This entertaining and nuanced work argues convincingly for the centrality of Scotland in Joyce’s Celtic consciousness and in so doing is a significant intervention not only in Joyce studies but in Irish studies more generally. While underlining the importance of Ireland in Scotland's history, Richard Barlow's original, lively, and painstakingly researched volume throws valuable light on key figures and works from Scottish culture and from the Scottish literary and philosophical canon present in Joyce's writings. It brings Joyce’s works to life in new and altogether unexpected ways.\" —John McCourt, Università Roma Tre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" . . . fascinating insights . . . in the immensely readable \u003ci\u003eThe Celtic Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Richard Barlow reconsiders Joyce’s engagement with Scotland and Scottish culture in his fiction, and especially in \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As Barlow’s book demonstrates . . . in impressive detail and meticulous analysis, Joyce’s work evinces an assiduous interest in Scottish literature and philosophy . . . each of these chapters is a significant contribution to understanding Joyce’s literary and philosophical intertexts” —\u003ci\u003eScottish Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The coverage of Scottish allusions in Joyce would in itself establish this work as highly valuable, but its greatest strength lies in the author’s dexterity and success in using his new findings to support spectacular new readings, particularly of \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003eJames Joyce Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Richard Barlow’s new study is the first monograph to focus on the presence of Scotland in James Joyce’s works. . . . Keeping his attention firmly trained on Scottish material, the rest of the book explores a range of fascinating and complex subjects, mostly literary, some historical, all of which surface in the Wake. . .” —\u003ci\u003ebreac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Proceeding through historicist and comparativist approaches, this study is a potentially field-changing addition to the sizeable body of criticism which discusses Joyce’s work within political contexts and debates of colonialism, semi-colonialism, and postcolonialism.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While Joyce and England has been well-treated ... the area of Joyce and Scotland has been relatively overlooked. This gap is filled by Barlow’s work ... This volume will be of use not only to Joyce scholars, but to those working on postcolonial texts. It provides a lot of thought-provoking material on Scottish philosophy’s links to Irish literature,\" —Mark McGahon, \u003ci\u003eIrish Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400747688279,"sku":"9780268101015","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268101015.jpg?v=1730471462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/celtic-unconscious-the-9780268101015","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}