The Wake and the Manuscript 1st Edition by Ansgar Allen ISBN 0999153595 9780999153598

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ISBN 10: 0999153595 
ISBN 13: 9780999153598
Author: Ansgar Allen

In this brooding and obsessive novel, Ansgar Allen recounts the story of a nameless man who attends a funerary wake with no other distraction than papers that once belonged to the body on display. The deceased considered the papers to be his magnum opus, a text that unraveled everything he had been educated to accept, beginning with the spectre of religion—namely The Church of Christ, Scientist—and ending with the very fabric of educated, civilized thought. 

Allen’s protagonist thinks he’s above the conclusions drawn in the titular manuscript, but the blurred lines between what he reads and what he sees in himself incite an apocalypse of introspection. The result is a dark, labyrinthine attempt to diminish (and eventually annihilate) the memory of the man who came to rest on the table before him. 

Literary and existential, The Wake and the Manuscript explores the vagaries of death, identity, desire, and indoctrination as it (un)buries a history of delusion that speaks volumes about the human condition. 

The Wake and the Manuscript 1st Table of contents:

chapter 1 – genesis of the manuscript
drafts and revisions
archival discoveries
editorial practices and challenges

chapter 2 – textual variants and revisions
comparing manuscripts and published text
significant changes and their implications
Joyce’s writing process

chapter 3 – themes and motifs
recurring imagery and symbolism
mythological and historical references
language play and experimental style

chapter 4 – narrative structure and technique
polyphonic narrative
stream of consciousness
temporal and spatial organization

chapter 5 – language and style
lexical innovation and neologisms
multilingual influences
phonetic and rhythmic patterns

chapter 6 – critical approaches
scholarly interpretations
theoretical frameworks
debates on meaning and coherence

chapter 7 – manuscript studies and textual scholarship
methods of manuscript analysis
importance for understanding the Wake
archival resources and tools

chapter 8 – implications for literary studies
impact on modernist literature
lessons for textual criticism
Joyce’s legacy

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