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Description for James Joyce
Hardcover. The difficulties that students face when tackling Joyce's works are addressed by focusing on plot, implying that the "real" books are hidden behind the author's complex language and style. This book demystifies Joyce's style, demonstrating that everything students need to know in order to read his works may be discovered in the books themselves. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
This reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading his words with the excitement of interpreting them.
This reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading his words with the excitement of interpreting them.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631227014
SKU
V9780631227014
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael Seidel
Michael Seidel is Jesse and George Siegel Professor of Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on narrative form and his previous publications include Epic Geography: James Joyce's Ulysses (1976), Exile and the Narrative Imagination (1986), and Robinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel (1991). He is associate editor of the Columbia History of British Fiction and co-editor of ... Read more
Reviews for James Joyce
"Seidel has written an admirable brief introduction for the general reader. Obviously the product of many years of teaching Joyce, it's concise, fresh and very accessible." Ronald Bush, St John's College, University of Oxford "Entering the Joycean labyrinth – whether for the first time, or the twenty-first – one could not wish for a wiser, more gracious, better-humored ... Read more