M. O'Sullivan, The Incarnation of Language. Joyce, Proust and a Philosophy of the Flesh

O'SULLIVAN, Michael, The Incarnation of Language. Joyce, Proust and a Philosophy of the Flesh, London / New York, Continuum, 2008, 192 p.
ISBN 9781847060471

RÉSUMÉ

The Incarnation of Language investigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed in phenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. It then examines the interest that Joyce and Proust share in the concept of incarnation. By examining the themes of synthesis and embodiment that incarnation connotes for these writers, it offers a new reading of their work departing from critical readings that have privileged notions of radical alterity and difference.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

1. Introduction
2. Phenomenology and Incarnation
3. Joyce and the incarnation of language
4. Proust and the incarnation of language
5. Incarnation and Impotence: Joyce, Proust and the incarnation of desire
Bibliography
Index

BIOGRAPHIE

Michael O'Sullivan is Assistant Professor in English at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan. He is author of Michel Henry: Incarnation, Barbarism and Belief (Peter Lang, 2006).