James Joyce: A Critical Guide - Softcover

Spinks, Lee

 
9780748638369: James Joyce: A Critical Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0748638369 ISBN 13: 9780748638369
Verlag: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2009

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James Joyce: A Critical Guide presents a full and comprehensive account of the major writing of the great modernist novelist James Joyce. Ranging right across Joyce's literary corpus from his earliest artistic beginnings to his mature prose masterpieces Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, the book provides detailed textual analysis of each of his major works. It also provides an extended discussion of the biographical, historical, political and social contexts that inform Joyce's writing and a wide-ranging discussion of the multiple strands of Joyce criticism that have established themselves over the last eighty years. The book's combination of sustained close reading of individual texts and critical breadth makes it an ideal companion for both undergraduate students and the wider community of Joyce's readers. Key Features:*An extended discussion of Joyce's life, times and historical milieu*Detailed close readings of each of Joyce's major literary works*A thorough critical introduction to the style, plot and characterisation of Finnegans Wake*A comprehensive guide to the critical reception of Joyce's work

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Dr Lee Spinks is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Friedrich Nietzsche (Routledge, 2003), and has published widely on modern and postmodern literature and culture, post-colonial writing and theory, and modern American poetry and fiction.



Lee Spinks is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the The University of Edinburgh.

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James Joyce: A Critical GuideLee SpinksJames Joyce: A Critical Guide presents a full and comprehensive account of the major writing of the great modernist novelist James Joyce. Ranging right across Joyce's literary corpus from his earliest artistic beginnings to his mature prose masterpieces Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, the book provides detailed textual analysis of each of his major works. It also provides an extended discussion of the biographical, historical, political and social contexts that inform Joyce's writing and a wide-ranging discussion of the multiple strands of Joyce criticism that have established themselves over the last eighty years. The book's combination of sustained close reading of individual texts and critical breadth makes it an ideal companion for both undergraduate students and the wider community of Joyce's readers.Key Features:* An extended discussion of Joyce's life, times and historical milieu* Detailed close readings of each of Joyce's major literary works* A thorough critical introduction to the style, plot and characterisation of Finnegans Wake* A comprehensive guide to the critical reception of Joyce's workDr Lee Spinks is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Friedrich Nietzsche (Routledge, 2003), and has published widely on modern and postmodern literature and culture, post-colonial writing and theory, and modern American poetry and fiction.

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James Joyce: A Critical GuideLee SpinksJames Joyce: A Critical Guide presents a full and comprehensive account of the major writing of the great modernist novelist James Joyce. Ranging right across Joyce's literary corpus from his earliest artistic beginnings to his mature prose masterpieces Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, the book provides detailed textual analysis of each of his major works. It also provides an extended discussion of the biographical, historical, political and social contexts that inform Joyce's writing and a wide-ranging discussion of the multiple strands of Joyce criticism that have established themselves over the last eighty years. The book's combination of sustained close reading of individual texts and critical breadth makes it an ideal companion for both undergraduate students and the wider community of Joyce's readers.Key Features:* An extended discussion of Joyce's life, times and historical milieu* Detailed close readings of each of Joyce's major literary works* A thorough critical introduction to the style, plot and characterisation of Finnegans Wake* A comprehensive guide to the critical reception of Joyce's workDr Lee Spinks is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Friedrich Nietzsche (Routledge, 2003), and has published widely on modern and postmodern literature and culture, post-colonial writing and theory, and modern American poetry and fiction.

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Verlag
Edinburgh Univ. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0748638369
ISBN 13 
9780748638369
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248
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