Flaubert, Joyce, and Beckett · the Stoic Comedians
- Authors
- Kenner, Hugh & Davenport, Guy
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Tags
- english; irish; scottish; welsh , beckett; samuel - criticism and interpretation , french , flaubert; gustave - criticism and interpretation , literary criticism , joyce; james - criticism and interpretation , american , writing , general , european
- ISBN
- 9781564783806
- Date
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.80 MB
- Lang
- en
This enlightening study begins with an explanation of the effect of the printing press on books. The "book as book" has been removed from the oral tradition by such features as prefaces, footnotes, and indexes. Books have become voiceless in some sense - they are to be read silently, not recited aloud. How this mechanical change affected the possibilities of fiction is Kenner's subject.