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Lucia Joyce
Carol Loeb Shloss
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Description for Lucia Joyce
paperback. Covers the remarkable life of James Joyce's only daughter. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462.
"Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain" James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different and more dramatic truth: Joyce loved Lucia and they shared a deep creative bond. Lucia was born in a pauper's hospital and educated haphazardly across Europe as her penniless father pursued his art. She wanted to strike out on her own and in her twenties emerged, to Joyce's amazement, ... Read more
"Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain" James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different and more dramatic truth: Joyce loved Lucia and they shared a deep creative bond. Lucia was born in a pauper's hospital and educated haphazardly across Europe as her penniless father pursued his art. She wanted to strike out on her own and in her twenties emerged, to Joyce's amazement, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747574132
SKU
V9780747574132
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About Carol Loeb Shloss
Carol Loeb Shloss teaches English at Stanford University. She has written extensively on Joyce and other modernists and is the author of three other books including a story of Flannery O'Connor. She lives in Palo Alto, California.
Reviews for Lucia Joyce
'A brilliant and moving biography' Independent 'Shloss's work is important because Lucia was pivotal to Joyce's work ... Shloss was able to incorporate new details about Lucia in her new book, including previously unpublished photographs' New York Times 'As a writer on dance in the 1920s and on a father's limitless love for his child, Shloss is convincing ... Read more