2017
DOI: 10.3390/h6020042
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Beelines: Joyce’s Apian Aesthetics

Abstract: This article examines the presence of apian life in James Joyce's body of work in light of Maurice Maeterlinck's discovery at the turn of the twentieth-century that honeybees communicate using a complex system of language. In December 1903, Joyce offered to translate Maeterlinck's book-length study La Vie Des Abeille (The Life of the Bee) (1901) for the Irish Bee-Keeper, and the pages of the journal later resurface on a book-cart in Ulysses. Beginning with a discussion of the 'economy of bee life' in Stephen H… Show more

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“…Rachel Murray's article, 'Beelines: Joyce's Apian Aesthetics'(Murray 2017) proved invaluable in uncovering this aspect of Joyce's writing.…”
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“…Rachel Murray's article, 'Beelines: Joyce's Apian Aesthetics'(Murray 2017) proved invaluable in uncovering this aspect of Joyce's writing.…”
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confidence: 99%