Baron, S;
(2015)
Hoaxville: Reading Perec Reading Joyce.
James Joyce Quarterly
, 52
(2)
pp. 369-412.
10.1353/jjq.2015.0009.
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Abstract
This essay explores Georges Perec's fascination with James Joyce and the influential role played by Ulysses in the development of his avant-gardist writing practices. While acknowledging Perec's cautious receptiveness to a number of contemporary cultural currents and the formative significance of his involvement in the Oulipo,1 the study highlights the extent of his lifelong engagement with Joyce and argues for a connection between the different but equally extreme forms of intertextuality cultivated by both writers. Focusing on the extraordinarily artful ways in which quotations from Ulysses are deployed in Life A User's Manual,2 it identifies the many and complex ways in which Perec's rule-governed intertextual system draws on and departs from Joyce's precedent.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Hoaxville: Reading Perec Reading Joyce |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1353/jjq.2015.0009 |
Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1353/jjq.2015.0009 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © for the JJQ, University of Tulsa, 2017. All rights to reproduction in any form are reserved. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1554781 |
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