James Joyce :
Platt, Len.
James Joyce : texts and contexts / Len Platt. - London ; New York : Continuum, c2011. - x, 186 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-181) and index.
Introduction to a 'biografiend' -- Early works -- Going forth by day : Ulysses -- Ulysses, Ireland, empire -- Reading Finnegans wake -- The Wake and the 1920s and 1930s -- 'I do not like that other world' : Joyce's publics. TOC
This is an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts. It 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, the book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts.
9781441197610 (pbk.) 1441197613 (pbk.) 9781441113337 (hardcover) 1441113339 (hardcover)
2011501598
Authors, Irish--20th century.
PR6019.O9 / Z78216 2011
809.933 / PLJ 2011
James Joyce : texts and contexts / Len Platt. - London ; New York : Continuum, c2011. - x, 186 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-181) and index.
Introduction to a 'biografiend' -- Early works -- Going forth by day : Ulysses -- Ulysses, Ireland, empire -- Reading Finnegans wake -- The Wake and the 1920s and 1930s -- 'I do not like that other world' : Joyce's publics. TOC
This is an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts. It 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, the book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts.
9781441197610 (pbk.) 1441197613 (pbk.) 9781441113337 (hardcover) 1441113339 (hardcover)
2011501598
Authors, Irish--20th century.
PR6019.O9 / Z78216 2011
809.933 / PLJ 2011