In a paradigm shift away from classical understandings of geometry,
nineteenth-century mathematicians developed new systems that
featured surprising concepts such as the idea that parallel lines
can curve and intersect. Providing evidence to confirm much that
has largely been speculation, Joyce and Geometry reveals the full
extent to which the modernist writer James Joyce was influenced by
the radical theories of non-Euclidean geometry. Through close
readings of Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Joyce's notebooks, Ciaran
McMorran demonstrates that Joyce's experiments with nonlinearity
stem from a fascination with these new mathematical concepts. He
highlights the maze-like patterns traced by Joyce's characters as
they wander Dublin's streets; he explores recurring motifs such as
the topography of the Earth's curved surface and time as the fourth
dimension of space; and he investigates in detail the enormous
influence of Giordano Bruno, Henri Poincare, and other writers who
were critical of the Euclidean tradition. Arguing that Joyce's
obsession with measuring and mapping space throughout his works
encapsulates a modern crisis between geometric and linguistic modes
of representation, McMorran delves into a major theme in Joyce's
work that has not been fully explored until now. A volume in the
Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sebastian D. G. Knowles
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