James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882-1941) is a towering figure in the development of English-language modernist prose fiction. And his influence extends well beyond the anglophone literary world; like his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, Joyce flew by the nets of nationality, language, and religion, and spent most of his life in continental Europe.
The significance of Joyce's oeuvre--particularly the later and more radical prose works--far outweighs the modesty of its bulk: only two books of verse, a play, one collection of short stories, and three novels (using that term in its...
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882-1941) is a towering figure in the development of English-language modernist prose fiction. And his influence e...
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 1973) is widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His popularity began with the publication in 1937 of The Hobbit, and was cemented by the appearance of The Lord of the Rings in the early 1950s. However, engagement with his work was until relatively recently sidelined by literary and other scholars. Consequently, many foundational analyses of his fiction, and his work as a medievalist, are dispersed in hard-to-find monographs and obscure journals (often produced by dedicated amateurs). In contrast, over the last...
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 1973) is widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His popularity began with the public...
