The Poetics of “Pure Invention”: John Banville’s Ghosts / A Poética da “Invencão Pura”: Ghosts, de John Banville

Abstract: This essay argues that John Banville’s Ghosts (1993) may in fact be Banville’s most technically inventive novel, replete as it is with multi-layered ontological levels that repeatedly bring its primary diegetic discourse into communion with other artistic forms – music, paintings, statues,...

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Main Author: Neil Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses 2020-09-01
Series:ABEI Journal
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Online Access:http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3851