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Joyce's Grand Operoar
Opera in *Finnegans Wake*
Matthew J. C. Hodgart and Ruth Bauerle
Paper978-0-252-06557-6
$27.00
| Pub Date: | 1997 |
| Pages: | 384 pages |
A passionate musician as well as a writer, James Joyce grew up hearing his father sing opera arias and aspired to become a singing star himself. Though he ultimately pursued writing instead, Joyce's immersion in the operatic world is reflected in the abundant allusions to opera that appear in his books.
In Joyce's Grand Operoar, two internationally respected Joyce scholars join forces to present over 3,000 of Joyce's opera allusions as they appear in Finnegans Wake, the most extensive cataloging of them to date. Paired with this catalog is a long, richly detailed, and often amusing introduction critically interpreting Joyce's life and work in terms of its operatic and literary interconnections. The resulting volume will be welcomed by both opera lovers and Joyceans.
The allusions are organized first by the page and line of their appearance in Finnegans Wake and then cross-referenced by opera composers and their works, librettists, designers, critics, and conductors, as well as by arias, characters, and singers.
The rich musical subtext of Finnegans Wake incorporates Joyce's earlier opera allusions in a grand opera finale of his own.
Subjects:
Biography & Personal Papers / Literature, British & Irish / Music / Reference & Bibliography
