Roy Benjamin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roy Benjamin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roy |
| FAMILY NAME | Benjamin |
| SIGNATURE | BENJAMIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Borough of Manhattan Community College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2428-4285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Anarchy at the Wake
In this work I examine the relation of Anarchy to Finnegans Wake. Drawing primarily on the writers Max Stirner, Peter Kropotkin, and Benjamin Tucker, I trace the many intertextual echoes between their works and the Wake. The problems of secession, solipsism, and violence are examined in turn. Stirner's philosophy of 'own' – a key element in Shem's make-up – is also criticised in the Wake for its tendency toward loveless isolation. Kropotkin's des…
Noirse-Made-Earsy
I hear the noise of many watersFar below.All day, all night, I hear them flowingTo and fro.—James Joyce, “All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters”There must be no cessationOf motion, or the noise of motion,The renewal of noiseAnd manifold continuation.—Wallace Stevens, “The Place of the Solitaires” It has been said that “anybody who takes ‘Finnegans Wake’ as an ur-text will probably have a low signal to noise ratio.”1 Doubtless any meaningful signal t…
Connoisseur of chiasmus
In this study I examine the trope of chiasmus as it appears in Finnegans Wake. I cover such subjects as the relation between chiasmus and sexual inversion in the figures of Vesta Tully, Lewis Carroll, and Jonathan Swift; the relation between chiasmus and political subversion in the troubadours and the Tristan myth; the relation between chiasmus and split personality in the story of Christine Beauchamp. Chiasmus, as it appears in the Wake, is both…
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Connoisseur of chiasmus
In this study I examine the trope of chiasmus as it appears in Finnegans Wake. I cover such subjects as the relation between chiasmus and sexual inversion in the figures of Vesta Tully, Lewis Carroll, and Jonathan Swift; the relation between chiasmus and political subversion in the troubadours and the Tristan myth; the relation between chiasmus and split personality in the story of Christine Beauchamp. Chiasmus, as it appears in the Wake, is both…
Anarchy at the Wake
In this work I examine the relation of Anarchy to Finnegans Wake. Drawing primarily on the writers Max Stirner, Peter Kropotkin, and Benjamin Tucker, I trace the many intertextual echoes between their works and the Wake. The problems of secession, solipsism, and violence are examined in turn. Stirner's philosophy of 'own' – a key element in Shem's make-up – is also criticised in the Wake for its tendency toward loveless isolation. Kropotkin's des…
Noirse-Made-Earsy
I hear the noise of many watersFar below.All day, all night, I hear them flowingTo and fro.—James Joyce, “All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters”There must be no cessationOf motion, or the noise of motion,The renewal of noiseAnd manifold continuation.—Wallace Stevens, “The Place of the Solitaires” It has been said that “anybody who takes ‘Finnegans Wake’ as an ur-text will probably have a low signal to noise ratio.”1 Doubtless any meaningful signal t…
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