Univ., Diss. u.d.T.: Fuchs, Dieter: Menippos on the Liffey--München, 2002.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Comparative Literature, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980. / Typescript (photocopy). eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-189).

The thesis is divided into seven parts. The first part concentrates on the Arabian Nights in Finnegans Wake, drawing attention to Joyce's use of Sir Richard Burton's translation and critical appreciation of the Nights. Beginning with a consideration of Joyce and Yeats's common interests in the Nights, the thesis examines the presence in the Wake of the women of the Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, and two of the tales of the Nights relevant to the character of HCE. The second part of the thesis explores Joyce's assimilation of Hinduism with special emphasis on Madame Blavatsky as his major source. Most of my argument springs out of the Hindu concept of "Sandhya" with which Book IV of the Wake begins. I find "Sandhya" as the point at which the contraries, the temporal and the eternal, merge in Hinduism. The third part, devoted to Islam, looks at the way the life-story of the prophet Mohammed is told in the Wake. Since Joyce refers to the Koran in the Wake, those allusions and names of the surahs are deciphered in detail. The monotheistic doctrine of unity in diversity is emphasised. Joyce's absorption of Persian vocabulary and Zoroastrianism, are discussed in the fourth part. The Conclusion then attempts an overall estimate of Joyce's Eastern interests. The notes and references used in the thesis are stated in the sixth part. Finally, the seventh part consists of three appendices listing additional Eastern vocabulary both in the Wake and the Notebooks together with explanations of more significant words.

The figure of Elijah represents and personifies metempsychosis in Ulysses. Traditionally viewed as a mythic agent of transfiguration, Elijah appears accompanied by thunder at each turning point in the relationship between Stephen and Bloom, pointing toward the potential of a Vichian transformation for Stephen. The intertwining narratives of Stephen and Bloom, which are developed in the numerous re-invocations of Elijah and Elisha throughout the novel, eventually culminate in Stephen’s potential to transform into a heroic Bloom-like figure. The use of Elijah in advertisements and the character of Dr. Alexander Dowie also result in textual transfiguration. Dowie is a farcical Elijah whose advertisements for a false land of promise operate as miniature versions of the novel and promote an optimistic literary vision. Pandering and grasping, the advertisements nevertheless promulgate myths of transformation that surround Elijah in Ulysses, which uses his image to enhance the heroism of Bloom, Stephen, and the text itself. / text

Issued also as the author's thesis, Paris. / Bibliography: p. [843]-846.

Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 50 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-50).

Issued also as the author's thesis, Paris. / Bibliography: p. [843]-846.

Thesis (doctoral)--Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, 2000.

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. S.E. Gontarski, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Aug. 27, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.