{"product_id":"theology-and-geometry-9781498585477","title":"Theology and Geometry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection, the first of its kind, brings together specially commissioned academic essays to mark fifty years since the death of John Kennedy Toole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This eclectic anthology of chapters on A Confederacy of Dunces, the first of its kind, represents a milestone event in Toole studies, bringing together a diversity of perceptive approaches to the novel. This outstanding collection should appeal to anyone wishing to increase their appreciation and understanding of Toole’s comic masterpiece. “ -- Peter McCluskey, Middle Tennessee State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: A Theory of Humor (Abridged) and the Comic Mechanisms of John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. Vernon Leighton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Literary Foolishness of Ignatius Reilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: ‘Amusingness Forced to Figure Itself Out’: Ignatius J. Reilly, Aesthetic Individualism, and the Modernism of Anti-Modernism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Theology and Geometry and Taste and Decency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Marsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Consolation of Dunces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Utz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Ignatius Reilly as the Knight of Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. Kenneth Holditch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: John Kennedy Toole’s Queer Carnivalesque in A Confederacy of Dunces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTison Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Ignatius’ Brain: Food and Sex in John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces Olga Colbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Dunces and Dialogue: Ignatius J. Reilly’s Menippean Misreadings and Onanistic Annotations of Boethian Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony G. Cirilla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The Representation of Speech in A Confederacy of Dunces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnie Eble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Thelma Toole: As Herself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher R. Harris","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040845791575,"sku":"9781498585477","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498585477.jpg?v=1750948041","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theology-and-geometry-9781498585477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}