The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521545536 ISBN 13: 9780521545532

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Including several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, this Companion focuses on the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. The second edition features essays by an international team of leading scholars geared to provoking thought and discussion. Supplementary reading lists and an extended bibliography will offer readers the necessary tools for additional informed exploration of Joyce. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-33014-9 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-37673-4

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Book Description

This Companion contains several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, a fresh sense of the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. The second edition gathers an international team of leading scholars with accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. Its reading lists and extended bibliography will offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Joyce studies.

Review

'These essays offer introductions to numerous ways of locating Joyce in the wider world of theory and ideas, and are useful springboards back into the works themselves ... reading adding another layer to our understanding of the man and the work.' The Irish Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521545536
• ISBN 13: 9780521545532
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Attridge Derek