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 Languageinvestigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed inphenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. It thenexamines the interest that Joyce and Proust share in the concept ofincarnation. By examining the themes of synthesis and embodiment thatincarnation connotes for these writers, it offers a new reading oftheir work departing from critical readings that have privilegednotions 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).