James Joyce (Literary Lives Series)

By Chester G. Anderson

An examination of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, and a study of his life in relation to his four great books: Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500260184
• ISBN13: 9780500260180
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Concise and Solid.

I was looking for a biography on Joyce and was pleasantly surprised by this one. I picked it up for a very cheap price. Despite the fact that it is brief, it offers the basic outlines of the great man's life and is an excellent introductory work. There seems to be pictures on every page which was a wonderful side benefit as the visual images tell a story of their own. Before reading this, I really had no idea as to how autobiographical Joyce's fiction was. That so many of characters parallel people he knew was unexpected given the unbridled level of creativity he possessed. Upon finishing it, I immediately wanted to read more about his life in Trieste and Paris which I will do in the future.