Meant to be used while reading Joyce's work, James Joyce A to Z is written primarily for the reader first encountering Joyce, but will be of great use even to scholars.

This collection of essays is the first in 15 years to review the current state of theory on James Joyce s Ulysses, and this volume comes more than 100 years after the fictitious Leopold Bloom steps into the novel, a day Joyceans celebrate as Bloomsday.The contributors well known for their work in James Joyce studies each provide three assessments in their areas of specialization: a history of the best criticism to date, a timely updating of critical positions, and an agenda for future examination.In clear, accessible language, the collection examines the insights readers can expect...

The author of such classics as "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses", "Finnegans Wake", and more, James Joyce is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. Known for his experimental use of language, Joyce endured controversy surrounding much of his work, including one of the most famous censorship trials in history. "Critical Companion to James Joyce" examines this groundbreaking Irish novelist by exploring his work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as important places where he lived and worked. In this...

The author of such classics as Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and more, James Joyce is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. He endured controversy surrounding much of his work, including one of the most famous censorship trials in history. This book explores Joyce's work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as important places where he lived and worked.

Gillespie presents a challenge to the traditional view of filmmaking, contesting the existence of an Irish national cinema. Given the social, economic, and cultural complexity of contemporary Irish identity, Gillespie argues, filmmakers can no longer present Irishness as a monolithic entity.

Challenges the traditional view of filmmaking, and contests the existence of an Irish national cinema. Given the social, economic, and cultural complexity of contemporary Irish identity, this book argues that filmmakers cannot present Irishness as a monolithic entity.

An invigorating (and convincing) challenge to the cornerstone assumptions of virtually all contemporary literary criticism . . . this study lays the groundwork for a dynamic new approach to reading literature. Sure to be controversial, its fundamental right-headedness should help to open debate on the nature of literary criticism across numerous disciplines. William W. Demastes, Louisiana State University
Michael Patrick Gillespie employs concepts of post-Einsteinian physics as the metaphoric and dialectic foundation for an alternative method of interpreting literature. His central...

As Gillespie combines national, geographical, and historical contexts with close readings of Joyce s works, the theme of exile takes on unexpected nuances, from spiritual displacements in Joyce s neglected play Exiles to the trials of dealing with a foreign language in Finnegans Wake. Margot Norris, editor of Dubliners
Casts significant new light on Joyce s writings by bringing out memorable ways in which the literal experience of exile enabled Joyce to recast retrospectively the exilic quality of living in Ireland, not simply as alienation but as a mixture of rancor...

Joyce s one play finally gets the critical attention it deserves. Sam Slote, coeditor of Renascent Joyce
Carefully selected discussions illuminate both Joyce s Exiles and Joyce s exile and, as well, the sense of exile throughout Joyce s work. Morris Beja, coeditor of Bloomsday 100: Essays on Ulysses
A major contribution to Joyce studies: a fine introduction, a critical text of Exiles that faithfully restores Joyce s stylistic practices, and a collection of incisive critical essays from the era of Kenner and Tindall to the present. Stephen Watt, author of...