James Joyce : a literary life / Morris Beja.
James Joyce : a literary life / Morris Beja.
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Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c1992.
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N823.912/J89/153
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. As All of Dublin: The Years of Youth, 1882-1904 -- 2. Standing by the Door: The Early Work -- 3. The Curve of an Emotion: The Years of the Portrait, 1904-1914 -- 4. A Touch of the Artist: The Years of Ulysses, 1914-1922 -- 5. Work in Progress: The Years of Finnegans Wake, 1922-1941 -- Appendix: T...
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Publisher
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c1992.
Place of Publication
Ohio
Date Published
c1992.
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Summary
Morris Beja's concise yet thorough biography of James Joyce fills a void in Joycean studies by offering students and general readers a short, readable account of the great writer's life, concentrating on Joyce's sense of himself as an artist and on the ways in which he drew upon his life in weaving his fictions.
Beja demonstrates that the more we have learned about the smallest details of Joyce's life, the more we have come to see correspondences between his life and his art. Beja traces these correspondences throughout the canon and chronicles the ways in which Joyce's confidence in his art and his genius led to his triumph as a writer. This insightful bi...
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James Joyce : a literary life / Morris Beja.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index.
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c1992.
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N823.912/J89/153
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74VKm4Xz6Eoy
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ISBN
0814205992 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814205983 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814205984 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814205990 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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823.912 B
MMS ID
991020706559702626
