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21. James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Construction of Jewish Identity: Culture, Biography, and 'the Jew' in Modernist Europe by Neil R. Davison | |
Paperback: 323
Pages
(1998-11-13)
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Superb account of Joyce's perceptions of Jews. |
22. Joyce and the Jews: Culture and Texts (Florida James Joyce) by IRA B. NADEL | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(1995-12-21)
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23. Conversations With James Joyce by Arthur Power | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(2000-11)
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24. James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word: Second Edition by Colin MacCabe | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2002-10-31)
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25. Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing (Oxford World's Classics) by James Joyce | |
Paperback: 416
Pages
(2002-03-21)
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Readable Joyce Writings |
26. James Joyce (Penguin Lives) by Edna O'Brien | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(1999-10-01)
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Editorial Review Amazon.com Having experienced the constrictions of Irish life firsthand, O'Brien is particularly good on Joyce's downwardly mobile childhood. Was his resulting hatred of his native land exaggerated? Apparently not: Customer Reviews (14)
Useful if unglittering portrait of a titan of literature
A writer's introduction to Joyce
a great writer on a great writer The very first sentence of this book invites you into Joyce with an imitation of his writing style, & after that Edna O'Brien shares generously & mellifluously her great understanding of the man, his life, & his work, drawing on scholarly commentary of his books & from the journals & letters of him & the people around him so that you know how they all felt about his life & their lives in themselves & for the purposes of this biography in relation to him.It's so well-written & so interesting -- what a life he had, crazy as he was, that -- I could hardly put it down.Edna O'Brien's great interest in him comes across truly.
Short but sweet
A Singular Genius When preparing to review various volumes in this series, I have struggled with determining what would be of greatest interest and assistance to those who read my reviews. Finally I decided that a few brief excerpts and then some concluding comments of my own would be appropriate. On Joyce and Ireland: "Of all the great Irish writers, Joyce's relationship with his country remains the most incensed and yet the most meditative. Beckett, a much more cloistered man, was unequivocal; he made France his home and eventually wrote in French and though his elegiac works carry the breath of his native land, he did not expect Foxrock, his birthplace, to be etched in the consciousness of the world. Joyce did. He determined to reinvent the city where he had been marginalized, laughed at and barred from literary circles. he would be the poet of his race." (page 15) On criticisms of his portrayal of Dublin: Joyce "said he was not to be blamed for the odor of ash pits and rotted cabbage and offal in these stories [i.e. in Dubliners] because that was how he saw his city. 'We are foolish, comic, motionless, corrupted, yet we are worthy of sympathy too,' he laughed haughtily and added that if Ireland were to deny that sympathy to its characters, the rest of the world would not. In this he was mistaken." (page 78) On his deteriorating health: "The strains were beginning to show. he had endocrine treatment for his arthritis, had to have all his teeth removed and was fitted with permanent plates. His eyesight so worsened that he had only one-seventh normal vision. He was given iodine leeches for his bad eye but soon it was clear that they would have to operate." (page 130) On his enigmatic nature: "The truth is that the Joyce [others] saw was a fraction of the inner man. No one knew Joyce, only himself, no one could. His imagination was meteoric, his mind ceaseless in the accruing of knowledge, words crackling in his head, images crowding in on him 'like the shades at the entrance to the underworld.' What he wanted to do was to wrest the secret from life and that could only be done through language because, as he said, the history of people is the history of language." (pages 165-166) As is also true of the other volumes in the "Penguin Lives" series, this one provides all of the essential historical and biographical information but its greatest strength lies in the extended commentary, in this instance by Edna O'Brien. She also includes a brief but sufficient "Bibliography" for those who wish to learn more about Joyce. I hope these brief excerpts encourage those who read this review to read O'Brien's biography. It is indeed a brilliant achievement. ... Read more |
27. James Joyce: A Passionate Exile by John McCourt | |
Hardcover: 112
Pages
(2001-03-22)
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28. Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics) by James Joyce | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2001-03-15)
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Irish Stew
Beautifully written but underwhelming
Great Vignettes Of Dublin Life and A Great way to introduce yourself to James Joyce
Untitled
Frustratingly short short stories |
29. Critical Companion to James Joyce (Critical Companion to) by A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Patrick Gillespie | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(2006-05-30)
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30. James Joyce's Judaic Other (Contraversions:Jews and Other Differen) by Marilyn Reizbaum | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(1999-05-01)
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31. Reflections on James Joyce: Stuart Gilbert's Paris Journal (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint) by Stuart Gilbert, Thomas F. Staley, James Joyce | |
Hardcover: 103
Pages
(1993-04)
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Joyce revealed , from his previously unpublished letters .
Rare insight into the thinking of this enigmatic author.
Comment from Randolph Lewis, co-editor Randolph Lewis rrlewis@hotmail.com ... Read more |
32. My Brother's Keeper: James Joyce's Early Years by Stanislaus Joyce | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(1982-04)
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Editorial Review Book Description Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, and had the same literary instinct, but in Stanislaus it was channeled into sober academic pursuit, while in James it evolved into gaiety, wild whimsy, and at times sodden despair. Covering the first twenty-two years of James Joyce's life in Dublin and Trieste, My Brother's Keeper is a window onto the drama that was his youth. Thanks to Stanislaus's superb memory and sure hand, here we find the Dublin of Dubliners: the streets, neighbors, churches, and unforgettable eccentrics. Here we see the model for Ulysses' Simon Dedalus: James' father, a dour and violent figure when in his cups. Here are the Joyces in their own home, and the minor characters that pepper A Portrait of the Artist: Eileen, Leopold Bloom's comely daughter; Mrs. Riordan, the surly teacher; Mr. Casey, the political agitator. And finally, here is Trieste, a place of exile for Stanislaus but a retreat for James. Stanislaus Joyce has fashioned both an invaluable primary source for his brother's opaque masterpieces and a loving memoir of his brother's early life. Customer Reviews (1)
EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO THE ARTIST |
33. James Joyce: Ulysses (Landmarks of World Literature) by Vincent Sherry | |
Hardcover: 141
Pages
(1995-01-27)
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34. The Books at the Wake: A Study of Literary Allusions in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (Arcturus Books, 126) by James S. Atherton | |
Paperback: 308
Pages
(1974-10-01)
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Reference required
A helpful "tour guide" through Finnegan's Wake
One of the 10 best books on the subject. |
35. The Steadfast "Finnegans Wake" by Grace Eckley | |
Hardcover: 354
Pages
(1993-12-21)
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36. James Joyce and the Question of History by James Fairhall | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(1996-01-26)
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37. A Companion to James Joyce (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) | |
Hardcover: 464
Pages
(2008-01-09)
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38. James Joyce's Ulysses: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism) | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2004-01-29)
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39. Exile of James Joyce by Joyce Cixous, Sally Purcell | |
Hardcover: 765
Pages
(1980-06)
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40. Bely, Joyce, and Doblin: Peripatetics in the City Novel (Florida James Joyce) by PETER I. BARTA | |
Hardcover: 152
Pages
(1996-07-14)
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