James Joyce [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction
Colin MacCabe2022
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James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A
Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man, laid down the template for the coming of
age novel, while his collection of short stories, Dubliners , is of perennial
interest. His great modern epic, Ulysses , took the city of Dublin for its
setting and all human life for its subject, and its publication marked the
beginning of the modern novel. Joyce's final work, Finnegans Wake, is an
experiment in narrative and language. But if Joyce is a great writer he is also
the most difficult writer in English.
This Very Short Introduction explores the work of this most influential yet
complex writer, and analyzes how Joyce's difficulty grew out of his situation as
an Irish writer unwilling to accept the traditions of his imperialist oppressor,
and contemptuous of the cultural banality of the Gaelic revival. Joyce wanted to
investigate and celebrate his own life, but this meant investigating and
celebrating the d...
Main title:
James Joyce [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction / Colin MacCabe
Author:
Colin MacCabe, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (111 MB, 04:03:52 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Stewart Crank
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781666167672
Language:
English
BRN:
439228
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