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James Joyce : texts and contexts / Len Platt.

Title: James Joyce : texts and contexts / Len Platt.
Author: Platt, Len.
Publication: London ; New York, NY : Continuum, c2011.

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x, 186 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

This is an introduction to reading and studying Joycean texts. It 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.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-181) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

Introduction to a 'biografiend' -- Early works -- Going forth by day - Ulysses -- Ulysses, Ireland, empire -- Reading Finnegans wake -- The Wake and the 1920s and 1930s -- 'I do not like that other world' - Joyce's publics.

ISBN

9781441113337 (hbk.)
1441113339 (hbk.)
9781441197610 (pbk.)
1441197613 (pbk.)

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Harvard Library