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Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
James Joyce
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Description for Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
Paperback. Editor(s): Barry, Kevin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
'I may not be the Jesus Christ I once fondly imagined myself, but I think I must have a talent for journalism' James Joyce's non-fictional writings address diverse issues: aesthetics, the functions of the press, censorship, Irish cultural history, England's literature and empire. This collection includes newspaper articles, reviews, lectures, and propagandizing essays that are consciously public, direct, and communicative. It covers forty years of Joyce's life and maps important changes in his opinions about politics, especially Irish politics, about the relationship of literature to history, and about writers who remained important to him such as Mangan, Blake, Defoe, ... Read more
'I may not be the Jesus Christ I once fondly imagined myself, but I think I must have a talent for journalism' James Joyce's non-fictional writings address diverse issues: aesthetics, the functions of the press, censorship, Irish cultural history, England's literature and empire. This collection includes newspaper articles, reviews, lectures, and propagandizing essays that are consciously public, direct, and communicative. It covers forty years of Joyce's life and maps important changes in his opinions about politics, especially Irish politics, about the relationship of literature to history, and about writers who remained important to him such as Mangan, Blake, Defoe, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199553969
SKU
V9780199553969
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Reviews for Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing
The Oxford University Press volume, with Barry's copius annotations, cannot help but convey to new students that this is the long established work of a modernist master. . . Barry's introduction expertlgy glosses the contemporary context of Joyce's lecture
TLS 29/06/01
a superb cheap edition
Boyd Tonkin, The Weekend Review,The Independent, 20/01/2001
TLS 29/06/01
a superb cheap edition
Boyd Tonkin, The Weekend Review,The Independent, 20/01/2001