Swift, Joyce, and the Flight from Home Quests of Transcendence and the Sin of Separation
Description
In a fresh reading of Gulliver's Travels and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Atkins draws parallels between the protagonists: both Lemuel Gulliver and Stephen Dedalus flee from the burdens of life, seeking a transcendent existence. The study sheds important new light on both novels as essential critiques of modern misunderstandings.
Keywords
Literary CriticismModern20th CenturyEuropeanSemiotics & TheoryFictionPoetryLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2013Book
Author(s)G. Atkins
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137399816
LanguageEnglish
