Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism: Reading Joyce After the Cold War

by M. Keith Booker

The work of James Joyce, especially Ulysses, can be fully understood only when the colonial and postcolonial context of Joyce's Ireland is taken into account. Reading Joyce as a postcolonial writer produces valuable new insights into his work, though comparisons of Joyce's work with that of African and Caribbean postcolonial writers provides reminders that Joyce, regardless of his postcolonial status, remains a fundamentally European writer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313312435
• ISBN13: 9780313312434
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"