| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 197 pages). |
| Series |
Guides for the perplexed series |
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index. |
| Contents |
Introducing Joyce: realism and epiphany in Dubliners -- A portrait of the artist as a young man: the sexual politics of art -- Reading Ulysses I: from 'Telemachus' to 'The wandering rocks' -- Reading Ulysses II: 'Sirens' to 'Penelope' -- The language(s) and structure(s) of Finnegans wake -- Conclusion: 'Where are we at all?'. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
""In clear and simple prose, Mahon explains how to connect this little black box to the Joycean engine. Just pull some gears, it falls into place and works.""--Jean-Michel Rabaté, Vartan Gregorian Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania James Joyce''s work has been regarded as some of the most obscure, challenging, and difficult writing ever committed to paper; it is also shamelessly funny and endlessly entertaining. Joyce: A Guide for the Perplexed celebrates the daring, humor and playfulness of Joyce''s complex work while engaging with and elucidating the most demandin. |
| Subject |
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. (OCoLC)fst00035968
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Joyce, James.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mahon, Peter, 1971- Joyce. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826487919 (DLC) 2009012253 (OCoLC)310401921 |
| ISBN |
9781441193094 (electronic bk.) |
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144119309X (electronic bk.) |
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