joyce, james

"Highlights one of the most influential writers of the 20th century--James Joyce. He is best known for his complex style, reinvention of language, and depiction of contemporary Ireland. Yet at the time of writing his work faced intense criticism, and his modernist epic Ulysses was banned for over a decade in Britain and America for obscenity. This book explores Joyce's major works including Ulysses, Dubliners, and Finnegan's Wake. It considers the contemporary significance of Joyce's examination of sexuality and nationalism, and places Joyce's works in the context of his life as well as the historical moment in which they were written"--Provided by publisher.

"When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the most prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth century are forged--none more so than the one between Irish writer James Joyce and Sylvia herself. When Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company. But the success and notoriety of publishing the most infamous and influential book of the century comes with steep costs"--Provided by publisher.

Presents James Joyce's vignettes of everyday life in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century, and includes Joyce's correspondence with his publisher about the stories, and a selection of criticism and commentary.

Presents James Joyce's vignettes of Irish life in fifteen stories on Dublin, and includes the unabridged text, scene by scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plots, questions and answers, a list of characters and a biography of Joyce.

"A selection of poems James Joyce published in his lifetime, along with his only surviving play, Exiles"--.

Argues that James Joyce's classic "Ulysses" is not meant only for a scholarly few, but a work based on the lives of ordinary people that offers a humane vision of a more tolerant world.

Presents a reader's guide to the 1939 James Joyce novel "Finnegans Wake," including an outline of the narrative, and a deciphering of the complex use of mythology and literary allusion.

Photographs and text help chronicle the life of twentieth-century novelist James Joyce, providing information about his childhood, his personal relationships, and his literary works.