{"product_id":"theology-and-geometry-9781498585491","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\u003cp\u003eLike a multi-faceted jewel, A Confederacy of Dunces refracts light at multiple angles, beckoning the reader to peer beneath its surface. And certainly, much is to be found within its enthralling pages. Those who look might find in the glimmering a suggestion of something more, and Theology and Geometry will certainly help the reader to see it.\u003c\/p\u003e * VoegelinView *\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“Theology and Geometry offers an essential examination of an American Classic. As the first collection to explore John Kennedy Toole’s work, it is an original contribution to literary scholarship and further propels A Confederacy of Dunces to its rightful place in the literary canon.” -- Cory MacLauchlin, Germanna Community College and author of Butterfly in the Typewriter\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":51040845168983,"sku":"9781498585491","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498585491.jpg?v=1750948035","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theology-and-geometry-9781498585491","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}