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James Joyce: Texts and Contexts
Professor Len Platt
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Paperback. James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture. This title introduces the work of James Joyce, the literary, historical and political contexts in which he wrote and his critical reception up to the this day. It offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282. Texts and Contexts. 192 pages. James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture. This title introduces the work of James Joyce, the literary, historical and political contexts in which he wrote and his critical reception up to the this day. It offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
This title introduces the work of James Joyce, the literary, historical and political contexts in which he wrote and his critical reception up to the present day. James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture. This book offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts and surveys the key contexts - literary, historical, political, philosophical and compositional - which shaped and determined them. By identifying and engaging with Joyce's writing methods and style, this book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts. ... Read more
This title introduces the work of James Joyce, the literary, historical and political contexts in which he wrote and his critical reception up to the present day. James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture. This book offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts and surveys the key contexts - literary, historical, political, philosophical and compositional - which shaped and determined them. By identifying and engaging with Joyce's writing methods and style, this book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441197610
SKU
V9781441197610
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About Professor Len Platt
Len Platt is Professor of Modern Literatures and Head of the Department of Professional and Community Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. His books include Joyce and the Anglo-Irish (Rodopi), Joyce, Race and 'Finnegans Wake' (Cambridge) and the co-edited Joyce, Ireland, Britain (University of Florida Press).
Reviews for James Joyce: Texts and Contexts
An up-to-date and continuously thought-provoking introduction to Joyce which stresses the political and cultural issues surrounding his work. Where Joyce is at his most difficult, Platt's guidance is at its best.
Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK
Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK