James Joyce began his literary career as an Irishman writing to protest the deplorable conditions of his native country. Today, he is an icon in a field known as "Joyce studies." Our Joyce explores this amazing transformation of a literary reputation, offering a frank look into how and for whose benefit literary reputations are constructed.

Joseph Kelly looks at five defining moments in Joyce's reputation. Before 1914, when Joyce was most in control of his own reputation, he considered himself an Irish writer speaking to the Dublin middle classes. When T. S. Eliot and...

The best-priced alternative to full-length anthologies, The Seagull Reader: Stories offers a compelling blend of classic and contemporary favorites in a flexible format that fits any course. The Third Edition features the same precise apparatus as earlier editions, but now also features new writing pedagogy carefully tailored to fiction.

The Seagull Reader: Poems offers a dynamic selection of poems--both contemporary works and classroom favorites--in a flexible format at an unmatched price. The Third Edition features the same precise apparatus as previous editions, but now also features new pedagogy carefully tailored to poetry.

The Seagull Reader: Poems offers a dynamic selection of poems--both contemporary works and classroom favorites--in a flexible format at an unmatched price. The Third Edition features the same precise apparatus as previous editions, but now also features new pedagogy carefully tailored to poetry.