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James Joyce in Context
Edited By John Mccou
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Description for James Joyce in Context
hardcover. This collection of original, cohesive and concise essays charts the vital contextual backgrounds to James Joyce's life and writing. Editor(s): McCourt, John. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 434 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 83.
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chronology of Joyce's publishing history, an analysis of his various biographies and a study of his many published and unpublished letters.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 ... Read more
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chronology of Joyce's publishing history, an analysis of his various biographies and a study of his many published and unpublished letters.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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
Series
Literature in Context
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521886628
SKU
V9780521886628
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About Edited By John Mccou
John McCourt is a lecturer at the Universita Roma, Tre.
Reviews for James Joyce in Context
'Featuring the contributions of thirty-two distinguished scholars of Joyce, Irish literature and history, and modernism, James Joyce in Context is an exemplary introduction to the many contextual influences on the author's career. Not only does this study succeed in elucidating Joyce's historical groundings for the present-day reader, but it departs from the traditional biographical study by focusing on Joyce scholarship ... Read more