The Incarnation of Language Joyce, Proust and a Philosophy of the Flesh [Paperback]

The Incarnation of Languageinvestigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed in phenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. It then examines the interest that Joyce and Proust share in the concept of incarnation. By examining the themes of synthesis and embodiment that incarnation connotes for these writers, it offers a new reading of their work departing from critical readings that have privileged notions of radical alterity and difference.

1. Introduction
2. Phenomenology and Incarnation
3. Joyce and the incarnation of language
4. Proust and the incarnation of language
5. Incarnation and Impotence: Joyce, Proust and the incarnation of desire
Bibliography
Index

Michael O'Sullivanis Assistant Professor in English at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is author ofMichel Henry: Incarnation, Barbarism and Belief(2006).