Editor: Knowles, Sebastian D. G.
Series#:3; Border Crossings; Hardback; Book
392 pages
Published: June 1999
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN: 081532863X

The contributors to this volume investigate several themes about music's relationship to the literay compositions of James Joyce: music as a condition to which Joyce aspired; music theory as a useful way of reading his works; and musical compositions inspired by or connected with him. Scholars of Joyce, of literary theory, music theory and musicology, linguistics, and related disciplines will find these articles to be at the forefront of multidisciplinary critical studies.This text investigates several themes about music's relationship to the literary compositions of James Joyce: music as a condition to which Joyce aspired; music theory as a useful way of reading his works; and musical compositions inspired by or connected with him.