Joyce's Revenge: History, Politics, and Aesthetics in Ulysses

by Andrew Gibson

Book Overview

The Ireland of Ulysses was still a part of Britain. This book is the first comprehensive, historical study of Joyce's great novel in the context of Anglo-Irish political and cultural relations in the period 1880-1920. The first forty years of Joyce's life also witnessed the emergence of what historians now call English cultural nationalism. This formation was perceptible in a wide range of different discourses. Ulysses engages with many of them. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019928203X
• ISBN13: 9780199282036
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"