Patrick O'Neill

Because German literary criticism tends to be strongly historicist in character, modern and postmodern German narrative has remained relatively unexplored by poststructuralist critics. In the eight individual analyses of twentieth-century German texts that make up this book, Patrick O'Neill deviates from the theoretical mainstream. O'Neill applies the principles of structuralist and poststructuralist narratology to a selection of narratives from both modernist and postmodernist German authors: Mann, Kafka, and Hesse, and Canetti, Grass, Johnson, Handke, and Bernhard. O'Neill's approach rests on three assumptions: first, that all stories are stories told in particular ways; second, that these particular ways of telling stories are interesting objects of study in and for themselves; and third, that modern German fiction includes a number of narratives that allow us to indulge that interest in ways that are themselves compelling. The relationship of story and discourse is central to Acts of Narrative; in particular, each of the texts under analysis continually foregrounds the active role of the reader, which O'Neill sees as an inescapable feature of modern and postmodern narrative as a semiotic structure. The volume might be described as an exercise in semiotic narratology, exploring a variety of aspects of the semiotics of narrative as a discursive system. Acts of Narrative provides a fresh and challenging approach to German literary texts that will interest both those whose concern is narrative theory and critical practice and those who study modern and postmodern German or comparative literature.

Textual Strategies in Modern German Fiction

Acts of Narrative

Michael Williams

Patrick Greene

Bryan Alaspa

Allison Dickson

James Glass

Cecilia Dockins

Michael Matula

G. Munson

Solomon Archer

Kelli Wilkins

Joshua Rex

Gary Buettner

Read all the books in the WRAPPED Series *Wrapped In Red: Thirteen Tales of Vampiric Horror *Wrapped In White: Thirteen Tales of Spectres, Ghosts, and Spirits Tragedy begets terror, then circles back on itself, and a cycle is born that ripples through the worlds of the living and dead eternally, until satisfied by love, tears--or blood... The creators of Wrapped In Red have struck again, unfurling thirteen gossamer shrouds of woe and weirdness, laying bare the faces of fear that watch and wait in the shadows of cemeteries, the corners of ancient structures, the thoughts we wish we didn't think . Some will crawl under your skin, some will batter you senseless with limitless otherworldly power, others will walk a line as thin as the veil between us and them. Leave the lights on for this collection--but know that no precaution will keep its tales from haunting you even into the noonday sun...

Thirteen Tales of Spectres, Ghosts, and Spirits

Wrapped in White

Explanatory Memoranda and Explanatory Statements in the Commonwealth Parliament

'Was There an EM?'

An essential book for professionals in the drinks trade, beer festival organizers, and keen amateurs wishing to serve a decent pint at a function. This established CAMRA classic explains all you need to know about cellaring and serving real ale, with step-by-step instructions, concise information, illuminating anecdotes, and new content on KeyCask, FastCask, and other recent technologies.

The Definitive Guide to Storing, Serving and Caring for Cask Ale

Cellarmanship

James Joyce's astonishing final text, Finnegans Wake (1939), is universally acknowledged to be entirely untranslatable. And yet, no fewer than fifteen complete renderings of the 628-page text exist to date, in twelve different languages altogether – and at least ten further complete renderings have been announced as underway for publication in the early 2020s, in nine different languages. Finnegans Wakes delineates, for the first time in any language, the international history of these renderings and discusses the multiple issues faced by translators. The book also comments on partial and fragmentary renderings from some thirty languages altogether, including such perhaps unexpected languages as Galician, Guarani, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Irish, not to mention Latin and Ancient Egyptian. Excerpts from individual renderings are analysed in detail, together with brief biographical notes on numerous individual translators. Chronicling renderings spanning multiple decades, Finnegans Wakes illustrates the capacity of Joyce's final text to generate an inexhaustible multiplicity of possible meanings among the ever-increasing number of its impossible translations.

Tales of Translation

Finnegans Wakes

Lyrical, mysterious, and laden with symbolism, Franz Kafka’s novels and stories have been translated into more than forty languages ranging from Icelandic to Japanese. In Transforming Kafka, Patrick O’Neill approaches these texts through the method he pioneered in Polyglot Joyce and Impossible Joyce, considering the many translations of each work as a single, multilingual “macrotext.” Examining three novels – The Trial, The Castle, and America – and two short stories – “The Judgment” and “The Metamorphosis” – O’Neill offers comparative readings that consider both intertextual and intratextual themes. His innovative approach shows how comparing translations extends and expands the potential meanings of the text and reveals the subtle differences among the hundreds of translations of Kafka’s work. A sophisticated analysis of the ways in which translation shapes, rearranges, and expands our understanding of literary works, Transforming Kafka is a unique approach to reading the works of a literary giant.

Translation Effects

Transforming Kafka

From stock control to changing a tap?the last word on storing, keeping, and serving real ale With real ale currently outperforming almost every other drink on the bar, and increased numbers of people trying it, there has never been a better time to master how to keep, store, and serve cask ale. Patrick O'Neill explains all ale-lovers need to know about running a good cellar and ensuring that each pint served does both pub and brewer proud. This book is a must-have book for professionals or students in the drinks trade, beer festival organizers, or enthusiastic amateurs wishing to serve real ale at a private party. Patrick O'Neill shares decades of experience, detailed technical expertise, and a lifetime of passionate enthusiasm for real ale. Step-by-step instructions, concise knowledge, interesting anecdotes, and a comprehensive glossary make this a book to keep and refer to time and time again.

A Select Bibliography

German Literature in English Translation

James Joyce's Finnegans Wake has repeatedly been declared to be entirely untranslatable. Nonetheless, it has been translated, transposed, or transcreated into a surprising variety of languages – including complete renditions in French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean, and partial renditions in Italian, Spanish, and a variety of other languages. Impossible Joyce explores the fascinating range of different approaches adopted by translators in coming to grips with Joyce's astonishing literary text. In this study, Patrick O'Neill builds on an approach first developed in his book Polyglot Joyce, but deepens his focus by considering Finnegans Wake exclusively. Venturing from Umberto Eco's assertion that the novel is a machine designed to generate as many meanings as possible for readers, he provides a sustained examination of the textual effects generated by comparative readings of translated excerpts. In doing so, O'Neill makes manifest the ways in which attempts to translate this extraordinary text have resulted in a cumulative extension of Finnegans Wake into an even more extraordinary macrotext encompassing and subsuming its collective renderings.

Impossible Joyce

James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake has repeatedly been declared to be entirely untranslatable. Nonetheless, it has been translated, transposed, or transcreated into a surprising variety of languages – including complete renditions in French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean, and partial renditions in Italian, Spanish, and a variety of other languages. Impossible Joyce explores the fascinating range of different approaches adopted by translators in coming to grips with Joyce’s astonishing literary text. In this study, Patrick O’Neill builds on an approach first developed in his book Polyglot Joyce, but deepens his focus by considering Finnegans Wake exclusively. Venturing from Umberto Eco’s assertion that the novel is a machine designed to generate as many meanings as possible for readers, he provides a sustained examination of the textual effects generated by comparative readings of translated excerpts. In doing so, O’Neill makes manifest the ways in which attempts to translate this extraordinary text have resulted in a cumulative extension of Finnegans Wake into an even more extraordinary macrotext encompassing and subsuming its collective renderings.

Ireland and Germany is a study in the reciprocal literary relations of Ireland and Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day. After an initial survey of their literary and cultural relations before 1700, the literary impact of each culture upon the other during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries is separately surveyed and analysed in terms of national image, literary fortune, literary influence, and creative reception. A concluding reference section lists some 600 German translations of nineteenth and twentieth-century Irish writing.

A Study in Literary Relations

Ireland and Germany

Lisamarie Lamb

Pete Clark

David Dunwoody

Matt Edginton

Kalliroe Agelopoulou

Geoffrey Goodwin

Villipede Publications' first horror and dark speculative fiction anthology will tenderly caress your amygdalae and viciously twist your imagination. With fifteen short stories and four poems from both established and upcoming authors, this haunting collection will force readers to reevaluate their thoughts on what darkness really is: something we're all born of yet perpetually trying to flee; a malevolent force that desires our servitude or destruction-or something that simply wishes to lock us in its cold, scaly, fathomless grip. Or perhaps, even, it's an asylum for our jittery minds and confused hearts-a place of solace where humans may patiently inspect their primal natures and desires . . . a place where the barriers between monster and man begin to shift and break down. The authors' origins span the breadth of the globe: the UK, Greece, Australia, Sweden, the US-and their stories are just as diverse. While the styles and subject matter of the stories may differ greatly, what is consistent is the dedication each author has harnessed to create unique fiction and scenarios of bewitching caliber. Holding Darkness Ad Infinitum in your trembling hands, you may find yourself faced with a simple ultimatum: Do you turn around and embrace the darkness of your own free will . . . or will it embrace you first? Contents: LONGBOAT - Becky Regalado, IN THE WALLS - Adam Millard, LOVE GRUDGE - Dot Wickliff, EARTH, RISEN - Pete Clark, SMUDGE - Jonathan Templar, THE HIGH PRIEST - C. Deskin Rink, STEALING DARKNESS - Geoffrey H. Goodwin, THE WESTHOFF VERSION - Patrick O'Neill, THE BURNING MAN - Tony Flynn, BLESS ME FATHER - Lisamarie Lamb, A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS - Lawrence Salani PILING UP - Kallirroe Agelopoulou, DOOR TO INSANITY - Mathias Jansson, BRANNIGAN'S WINDOW - John Mc Caffrey, THE SONG THAT CRAWLED - Adam S. House, HUNGRY AS THE WIND - Jonathan Moon, THE GOOD MAN - David Dunwoody, THE UNDERTAKER'S MELANCHOLY - Sydney Leigh, THE TUNNEL RECORD - J. Daniel Stone WITH ARTWORK FROM: Wednesday Wolf, David Shearer, Justin Wheeler, Mark Thompson (Monstark Studios), Eric Ford, Dennis Anderson (Dennis A!), Luke Spooner (Carrion House), Adam Domville, Stephen Cooney, and Matt Edginton.

Villipede Horror Anthology 1

Darkness Ad Infinitum

Döblin's novel has been ignored for a long time by the reviewers if not frankly rejected without much ado because of its seemingly frivolous form. The present study is an attempt to do justice to the work, to appreciate it as a surrealistic, grotesque and utterly funny novel of high standard. The Babylonische Wanderung merits a permanent and honorable place among Döblin's works.

A Study

Alfred Döblin's Babylonische Wandrung

O'Neill investigates the extent to which narrative discourse subverts the story it tells in foregrounding its own performance.

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