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James Joyce: A Biography Book

HardCover. Pub the Date: May. 2011 in Publisher: Orion A revealing new biography-the first in more than fifty years-of one of the twentieth-century's towering literary figures James Joyce was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. But he in was not immediately recognized as such. At twenty-two he chose a life of exile in cosmopolitan Europe in a bid to escape the suffocating atmosphere and parochial prejudices of his native Dublin. His life followed the classic flight into exile path taken by so many creative writers. His relationship with Nora Barnacle long aroused curious fascination. not least since-scandalously for the time-they lived together for ...Read More

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    In almost every recent poll Ulysses has been acclaimed the greatest novel of the twentieth century. It is generally regarded as one of the outstanding landmarks of literary modernism as important as T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land in expressing the experimental and international spirit of post-war Europe in the 1920s. Of all the modernists James Joyce has had probably the most lasting effect on serious fiction. Ulysses was not readily available in unexpurgated form during his lifetime. However the slow but certain impact of that book on the wider consciousness is undeniable. Indeed Eliot said he had 'killed the nineteenth century'.Joyce's life followed the classic 'flight into exile' path taken by many creative writers in search of a broader vision. His fight against Irish parochial prejudices and censoriousness casts him in a heroic light. His dedication to authorship also picks him out as a writer in the romantic tradition of total commitment suffering near-poverty and financial dependency for much of his life in his determination simply to write. He was fortunate in his benefactors. Four women in particular (Harriet Shaw Weaver Margaret Anderson Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier) through their generosity ensured that Joyce was able to focus fully and continuously on his great literary projects Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Richard Ellman's much admired biography of Joyce first appeared in 1959 and was republished in 1982. No one has attempted seriously to move beyond that biographical milestone. Given a new century and the new material now available a new life of Joyce would be very timely. Moreover Gordon Bowker's approach to Joyce is directed more towards the inner man than Ellman ever attempted.

  • Blackwell

    Long-awaited and comprehensive biography of the great Irish author James Joyce, who died 70 years ago In almost every recent poll, Ulysses has been acclaimed the greatest novel of the twentieth century. It is generally regarded as one of the...

  • 0297848038
  • 9780297848035
  • Gordon Bowker
  • 26 May 2011
  • W&N
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 624
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