This collection of original, cohesive and concise essays charts the vital contextual
backgrounds to Joyce's life and writing. The volume begins with a chronology of Joyce's …

First published in 1957, this book explores what remained of Joyce's background, not only in
Ireland but in those cities abroad where his books were written. With the co-operation of …

A Companion to James Joyce offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's
writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentieth-and twenty-first-century …

From Ulysses to Finnegans Wake, James Joyce's writings rank among the most intimidating
works of literature. Unfortunately, many of the books that purport to explain Joyce are equally …

This collection, first published in 1982, brings together thirteen writers from a wide variety of
critical traditions to take a fresh look at Joyce and his crucial position not only in English …

James Joyce holds a unique position in literature. No writer has a higher reputation, none
attracts more ardent devotees, and none poses so many difficulties for the first-time reader …

The definitive biography of James Joyce by John Stewart, himself a successful and wide-
ranging writer and critic, who was also a tutor and reader of English Literature at Oxford …

James Joyce has a reputation for being one of modern literature's most difficult writers. This
introduction gives students the necessary tools they will need to get the most out of reading …

James Joyce, the great and bold literary innovator of our time, was also a rebel in life, a self-
exile from family, nation, and religion. Criticism of Joyce, when it has not been purely …

James Joyce: A Critical Guide presents a full and comprehensive account of the major
writing of the great modernist novelist James Joyce. Ranging right across Joyce's literary …