ENGLISH

James Joyce in Context

By John McCourt

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0521886627, 0511576072, 9780511576072, 9780521886628
LCC
PR6019.O9 Z6342 2008
Open Library ID
OL22541801M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2220033 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
434\434
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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chronology of Joyce's publishing history, an analysis of his various biographies and a study of his many published and unpublished letters. It goes on to examine how his works were received in the main twentieth-century critical and theoretical schools. Most importantly, it places Joyce within multiple Irish, British and European contexts, providing a lively sense of the varied and changing world in which he lived, which formed him, and from which he wrote. The essays collectively show how Joyce was rooted in his times, how he is both a product and a critic of his multiple contexts, and how important he remains to the world of literature, criticism and culture.

Similar books