James Joyce e Giordano Bruno

This essay investigates the enduring legacy of Giordano Bruno in the oeuvre of James Joyce. Despite the fact that Joyce owned only a single volume by Bruno, scholarly research has demonstrated the remarkable breadth of his engagement with the Italian philosopher's thought. The essay elucidates the depth of Joyce's intellectual and personal investment in Bruno and the significance of his relationship to one of the cities where both lived, Rome. Bruno's significance for Joyce extends beyond thematic affinities, such as the doctrine of the coincidence of opposites, influencing the structural composition itself of his works.

The novelist consciously retraced Bruno's philosophical trajectory, positioning him not only as a precursor but as a paradigmatic figure from an existential standpoint. Moreover, Joyce recognized the necessity of continuing Bruno's resistance to institutional authority, a struggle he actively embraced. The persistent, often oblique, references to Bruno's revolutionary ideas – from Joyce's early critical writings and Stephen Hero through to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake – underscore the profound and enduring impact of Bruno's thought on his literary project. [Publisher's text]

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