James Joyce: Texts and Contexts

James Joyce: Texts and Contexts
ISBN-10
1441148698
ISBN-13
9781441148698
Series
James Joyce
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2011-10-06
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Len Platt

Description

James Joyce stands at the forefront of modernism - a writer whose work has gained a unique status in modern Western culture.This book offers an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts and surveys the key contexts - literary, historical, political, philosophical and compositional - which shaped and determined them. By identifying and engaging with Joyce's writing methods and style, the book opens up strategies and approaches for reading his complex texts. It also introduces the critical reception of Joyce and his work, from the early structuralist and 'myth' critics, through deconstruction, to recent developments including historical criticism and genetic criticism.

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