Royal Holloway, University of London
Graduate Student, English
Thesis Title: The Apostate's Wake: James Joyce, Finnegans Wake and the Culture of Irish Catholicism
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Dr Finn Fordham
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About
My doctoral thesis takes a new approach to the treatment of Catholicism in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, looking beyond established theological and philosophical readings in order to focus on the intricacies of Joyce’s engagement with Irish Catholic culture c. 1850-1922 as it is represented therein. As my title suggests, this project highlights Joyce’s critique of the Church drawing upon substantial archival research in order to consider how Joyce’s sources—both textual and cultural—are transformed through his revolutionary aesthetic into a radical dismantling of Irish Catholic society.
Particular topics covered include the book's treatment of superstition, heresy, anti-clericalism, Mariology and motherhood.
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