Editing Giordano Bruno (section)

===In fiction===
Bruno and his theory of "the coincidence of contraries" (''coincidentia oppositorum'') play an important role in [[James Joyce]]'s 1939 novel ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''. Joyce wrote in a letter to his patroness, [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]], "His philosophy is a kind of dualism – every power in nature must evolve an opposite in order to realise itself and opposition brings reunion".<ref>James Joyce, Letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver, 27 January 1925, ''Selected Letters'', p. 307</ref> Amongst his numerous allusions to Bruno in his novel, including his trial and torture, Joyce plays upon Bruno's notion of ''coincidentia oppositorum'' through applying his name to word puns such as "Browne and Nolan" (the name of Dublin printers) and '"brownesberrow in nolandsland".<ref>McHugh, Roland. Annotations to Finnegans Wake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1980. Print, xv.</ref>

In 1973 the biographical drama ''[[Giordano Bruno (film)|Giordano Bruno]]'' was released, an Italian/French movie directed by [[Giuliano Montaldo]], starring [[Gian Maria Volonté]] as Bruno.<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter E.|last=Bondanella| author-link = Peter E. Bondanella | title=A history of Italian cinema|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2009}}</ref>

Bruno is a major character in the four-novel [[Aegypt]] sequence (1987–2007) by [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]]. Historical episodes from Bruno's life are fictionalized in the novels, and his philosophical ideas are key to the novels’ themes.<ref name="Publishers Weekly 1987">{{cite journal |title=Aegypt by John Crowley |journal=Publishers Weekly |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780553051940 |date=1987-03-01<!--Under details--> |access-date=2024-07-04}}</ref>

''The Last Confession'' (2000) by [[Morris West]] is an unfinished, posthumously published fictional autobiography of Bruno, ostensibly written shortly before Bruno's execution.<ref>Margaret Jones, "Vale a reluctant heretic", critique of ''The Last Confession'', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', Spectrum, 5 August 2000.</ref>

In the 2008 novel [[Children of God (novel)|''Children of God'']] by [[Mary Doria Russell]],  several characters travel on an interstellar spaceship named ''Giordano Bruno''.<ref name="Powell's Books 2022">{{cite web |title=Children of God by Mary Doria Russell |website=Powell's Books |date=2022-09-13 |url=https://www.powells.com/book/children-of-god-9780449004838 |access-date=2024-08-23}}</ref>

Bruno features as the hero of the ''Giordano Bruno'' series (2010–2023) of historical crime novels by S. J. Parris (a pseudonym of [[Stephanie Merritt]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Connell |first1=John |title=Heresy by SJ Parris |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/mar/13/heresy-sj-parris |work=The Guardian |date=13 March 2010}}</ref>