| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 169 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction to a 'Biografi end'; Chapter 2 Early Works; Chapter 3 Going Forth By Day -- Ulysses; Chapter 4 Ulysses, Ireland, Empire; Chapter 5 Reading Finnegans Wake; Chapter 6 The Wake and the 1920s and 1930s; Chapter 7 'I Do Not Like That Other World' -- Joyce's Publics; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
| Summary |
James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture This book offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts and surveys the key contexts - literary, historical, political, philosophical and compositional - which shaped and determined them. By identifying and engaging with Joyce's writing methods and style, the book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts. It also introduces the critical reception of Joyce and his work, from the early structuralist and 'myth' critics, through deconstr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
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| SUBJECT |
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 fast |
| Subject |
Authors, Irish -- 20th century
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Literary studies: general.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, Irish
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441165466 |
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1441165460 |
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1283274353 |
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9781283274357 |
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9781441148698 |
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1441148698 |
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9781472543080 |
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1472543084 |
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9781441197610 |
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1441197613 |
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