1882-1941

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.

Jacob Flanders, a sensitive young man raised in Edwardian England, discovers as an adult that his life is lacking, but his search for fulfillment is sidetracked by the outbreak of World War I. Includes extracts from Woolf's diaries and letters, comments on the novel, a selection of short stories by Woolf, critical essays, and other reference material.

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.

Recounts James Joyce's life, his family, his writing, and his relationships with his contemporaries.

Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do. Meditates on the writer-temperament and explores the need for a woman to have a room of her own and five hundred pounds a year being symbols of the power to think for oneself and contemplate.

Traces the childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood of Stephen Dedalus, a character based on author James Joyce's life. Includes essays on related history and contexts, a selection of criticism, and a bibliography.

Discusses the works of Virginia Woolf, a writer and feminist who developed innovative narrative techniques.

The power of the written word of Virginia Woolf touches women from three eras, as they all struggle with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and dispair.