Languages of the Night
Author | : Barry McCrea |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300185157 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300185154 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Download or read book Languages of the Night written by Barry McCrea and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative book shows how the mass abandonment of rural vernaculars (such as the Irish language, Italian dialects, and French patois) shaped European literary modernism. Seán Ó Ríordáin in Ireland and Pier Paolo Pasolini in Italy reshaped minor languages as experimental poetic idioms; the decline of the Irish language deeply affected the work of James Joyce; the disappearing dialects of northern France were a source of complex inspiration for Marcel Proust. Drawing on a broad range of linguistic and cultural examples to present a major reevaluation of the origins and meaning of European literary modernism, Barry McCrea shows how a genuinely comparative analysis can force us to rethink national literary traditions.