ReJoycing: New Readings of Dubliners

by Rosa Bollettieri Bosinelli (Editor), Harold F. Mosher Jr. (Editor)

Overview

"In this volume, the contributors—a veritable Who's Who of Joyce specialists—provide an excellent introduction to the central issues of contemporary Joyce criticism."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813109497
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	05/21/1998
Series:	Irish Literature, History, and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

Draws on the best of two important trends in Joyce criticism: the traditional commitment to probing Joyce's complex language and the more recent effort to track down political and ideological meanings in his works.

Robert Spoo

Attests to the continuing interest in Joyce's 'realist' portrait if his native city and the importance of Dubliners in the development of his genius.

Shari Benstock

What is really winning about this essay collection is that without any prompting or editorial proselytizing, receptive readers will come away from ReJoycing, not only with a number of new insights into various stories but with an enlarged critical repertoire.

James Joyce Literary Supplement

"What is really winning about this essay collection is that without any prompting or editorial proselytizing, receptive readers will come away from ReJoycing, not only with a number of new insights into various stories but with an enlarged critical repertoire." — James Joyce Literary Supplement

"Draws on the best of two important trends in Joyce criticism: the traditional commitment to probing Joyce's complex language and the more recent effort to track down political and ideological meanings in his works." — Robert Spoo

"Attests to the continuing interest in Joyce's 'realist' portrait if his native city and the importance of Dubliners in the development of his genius." — Shari Benstock

From the Publisher

Thirteen contributions address Joyce's collection of stories, illuminating the prominent issues in contemporary Joyce criticism. The essays reveal Joyce as alternately using and subverting the literary, cultural, and political movements of his times. Subjects of study include: themes; style; the significance of titles; the intertextual element; etymology; translations; geometric structures; and political, linguistic, narrative, and gender conflicts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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