Colum Mccann's Intertexts Books Talk to One Another |
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| Author:
| Cardin, Bertrand |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78205-224-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Cork University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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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. 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...
More DescriptionThe 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. 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.