2nd Edition

A Preface to James Joyce Second Edition

By Sydney Bolt Copyright 2001
240 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This new edition includes material on Joyce's distinctive view of femininity and a greatly expanded treatment of Finnegan's Wake. The first section outlines the biographical and cultural background, the second offers a detailed critical survey of three major works, including Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and the third section provides valuable reference material.

Part 1 The Writer and His Setting; Chapter 1 Biographical background; Chapter 2 Cultural background; Part 2 Critical Survey; Chapter 3 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Chapter 4 Ulysses; Chapter 5 Finnegans Wake; Chapter 6 The modernity of Joyce; Part 3 Reference Section;

Biography

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