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- Books talk to one another: Colum McCanns intertexts
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Cork University Press
summary
The intertext is the effective presence of a text in another one. This relation of co-presence between texts is the subject of the present essay. Colum McCann’s work is studied here as a mosaic of references to and quotations from other texts.In its dialogue with other texts, it absorbs and transforms them, and lets itself transformed by them. The multiple and complex relations that exist between them are approached in both synchronic and diachronic terms. Various modes of intertextuality – influence, intentionality, authority – are analyzed here and applied to McCann’s complete work. His novels and short stories denote a transposition of texts taken from the Bible or Irish mythology, but also Anglo-Saxon novels, plays or poems. Through McCann’s work, the present study highlights the articulation and interdependence of literary texts.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-3
- Conclusion
- pp. 186-187
- Appendix: The Fate of the Children of Lir
- pp. 188-190
- Notes and References
- pp. 191-230
- Bibliography
- pp. 231-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9781782052272
Related ISBN(s)
9781782052241
MARC Record
OCLC
957701189
Launched on MUSE
2016-09-05
Language
English
Open Access
No