Our Joyce: From Outcast to Icon

by Joseph Kelly

Book Overview

James Joyce began his literary career as an Irishman writing to protest the deplorable conditions of his native country. Today, he is an icon in a field known as "Joyce studies." Our Joyce explores this amazing transformation of a literary reputation, offering a frank look into how and for whose benefit literary reputations are constructed.

Joseph Kelly looks at five defining moments in Joyce's reputation. Before 1914, when Joyce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723768
• ISBN13: 9780292723764
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"