Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The idea; Rebels: symbols, ceremonies and abstractions; Subversive language; The grip pried loose: bodies, lands and possessions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ziegler, Rebecca (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dublin ; Chicago Four Courts Press [2019]
Subjects:	Farrell, James G. > 1935-1979 Farrell, J. G / James Gordon / 1935-1979 / Criticism and interpretation
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The idea; Rebels: symbols, ceremonies and abstractions; Subversive language; The grip pried loose: bodies, lands and possessions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Despite its name, the real subject of J.G. Farrell’s three-and-a-half-book Empire Series is not the British empire, but the human condition, a state characterized by ‘fall’ – like the empire, like the human race itself according to the biblical story of the Fall from Eden. Farrell lets us know that this is his primary interest by giving one of his major characters a dog named The Human Condition. He actually uses the falling empire as an overarching metaphor, as well as a rich source of imagery and incidents, to illustrate the worsening human situation. In Farrell’s darkly funny books, all sorts of things, concrete and abstract, display independent wills with which they oppose the will of human beings. Ideas, symbols, ceremonies, human communication, human bodies, lands and possessions all act as rebels or subversives to undermine the human condition
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	203 Seiten
ISBN:	9781846827570 1846827574