A Companion to James Joyce offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentieth- and twenty-first-century literatures.
Brings together 25 newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field
Explores Joyce's distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world
A comprehensive and timely Companion to current debates and possible areas of future development in Joyce studies
Offers new critical readings of several of Joyce's works, including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses
About the Author
Richard Brown is Reader in Modern Literature in the School of English at the University of Leeds. As well as a wide variety of articles on Joyce and other areas, Brown has published three books on the author: James Joyce and Sexuality (1985), James Joyce: A Postculturalist Perspective (1992), and Joyce, “Penelope” and the Body (2006). Since 1980 he has been co-editor of the James Joyce Broadsheet, a journal which continues to publish articles, book reviews, illustrations, news, and other material connected to the work of Joyce, three times a year. He currently serves as an elected Trustee of the International James Joyce Foundation.
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Brings together 25 newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field
Explores Joyce’s distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world
A comprehensive and timely Companion to current debates and possible areas of future development in Joyce studies
Offers new critical readings of several of Joyce’s works, including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses
