Musical Allusions in the Works of James Joyce: Early Poetry through UlyssesState University of New York Press, 1974 M06 30 - 380 pages Professor Bowen's book is more than a simple collection of musical allusions; it is an engaging discussion of how Joyce uses music to expand and orchestrate his major themes. The introductions to the separate sections, on each of Joyce's works, express a new and cohesive critical theory and reevaluate the major thematic patterns in the works. The introductory material proceeds to analyze the general workings of music in each particular book. The specific musical references follow, accompanied by their sources and an examination of the role each plays in the work. While the author considers the early works with equal care, the bulk of this volume explores the musical resonances of Ulysses, especially as they affect the style, structure, characterization, and themes. Like motifs in Wagnerian opera, some allusions introduce and later remind us of characters—bits of Molly's songs for instance constantly intrude her impending adultery on Bloom's consciousness. Other motifs are linked to concerns such as Stephen's Oedipal guilt over his mother's death, which in turn connects to his preoccupation with Shakespeare, the creator, the father, and the cuckold. Music helps create the bond which briefly joins Stephen and Bloom, and music augments the entire grand theme of consubstantiality. Professor Bowen's style is simple and clear, allowing Joycean artifice to speak for itself. The volume includes a bibliography. |
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... roles of lover - destroyer , virgin - temptress , Holy Mother- sex symbol . I have stated elsewhere how the sources of paradox in Joyce's concept of woman found their earliest expression in Chamber Music1 and how the three - way female ...
... roles of lover - destroyer , virgin - temptress , Holy Mother- sex symbol . I have stated elsewhere how the sources of paradox in Joyce's concept of woman found their earliest expression in Chamber Music1 and how the three - way female ...
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... role as the source of the fall of both man and the persona . In XIII she becomes the fountain of inspiration as well as fertility , in XIV the maternal figure and by extension the Holy Mother Church , and in XVIII the sensual , so that ...
... role as the source of the fall of both man and the persona . In XIII she becomes the fountain of inspiration as well as fertility , in XIV the maternal figure and by extension the Holy Mother Church , and in XVIII the sensual , so that ...
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... roles , the active - passive behavior pattern which plays so large a role in Exiles and Ulysses . His dew - veiled head further suggests Virgin - mother aspects . " 5 XVIII His hand is under Her smooth round breast ; Poetry 7.
... roles , the active - passive behavior pattern which plays so large a role in Exiles and Ulysses . His dew - veiled head further suggests Virgin - mother aspects . " 5 XVIII His hand is under Her smooth round breast ; Poetry 7.
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... the situa- tion of the song : All is lost now , By all hope and joy am I forsaken , Nevermore can love awaken Past enchantment , no nevermore . EXILES Musical allusions play a less significant role in Exiles 8 Poetry.
... the situa- tion of the song : All is lost now , By all hope and joy am I forsaken , Nevermore can love awaken Past enchantment , no nevermore . EXILES Musical allusions play a less significant role in Exiles 8 Poetry.
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... role in Exiles than in any of Joyce's works . The two references to opera which provide the only musical background are both tangential to the action , though even a perfunctory glance at Joyce's notes to the play will sustain the im ...
... role in Exiles than in any of Joyce's works . The two references to opera which provide the only musical background are both tangential to the action , though even a perfunctory glance at Joyce's notes to the play will sustain the im ...
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Musical Allusions in the Works of James Joyce: Early Poetry through Ulysses Zack R. Bowen Limited preview - 1974 |
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Absent-Minded Beggar alluded association ballad becomes betrayal Blazes Bloom and Stephen Bloom's mind Bloom's thoughts Boylan Boys of Wexford chorus Circe cliché comic connotations consubstantial Croppy Boy dead dear death Dedalus Dignam discussion Don Giovanni drinking Dublin episode Erin eyes father God Save Ireland Goodbye Hamlet Harry Hughes heart hero Hodgart and Worthington Ireland Irish James Joyce John Peel Joyce's leitmotif Leopold Leopold Bloom Lestrygonians lives lost Love's Old Sweet lover M'appari Maritana Martha memory Miss Douce Molly Molly's mother motif Mulligan musical allusions musical references never night novel nursery rhyme Oedipal Old Madrid Old Sweet Song opera passage patriotic pattern play REMARKS Richie riddle role Rose of Castille sailor sang scene Seaside Girls Shakespeare Simon Simon Dedalus sing Sirens chapter song reference stanza sung Sweetheart symbol temptress thee theme Thornton thou tion Ulysses voice waiting words