Joyce, Bergson, and the memory of words.(Critical Essay)

The Modern Language Review | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

Joyce, Bergson, and the Memory of Words by Justin Beplate

This article examines the implications of Bergson's dictum that the classical problem of mind-body relations centres upon the subject of memory--in particular, our memory of words--by applying the seminal insights of Matter and Memory to a close textual analysis of Joyce's writing. I argue that Joyce's language betrays a complex ambivalence towards memory in the context of his own aesthetic philosophy. It is an ambivalence manifested most strongly through the proxy of Stephen Dedalus, whose bookish imagination ...

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