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Introducing Joyce: A Graphic Guide
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Introducing Joyce: A Graphic Guide
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Norris
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Illustrated by Carl Flint
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Series | Graphic Guides |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:176 | Dimensions(mm): Height 168,Width 118 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 - |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781848313514
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Classifications | Dewey:823.912 |
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Illustrations |
Illustrations, unspecified; Illustrations, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Icon Books
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Imprint |
Icon Books
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Publication Date |
2 February 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
One of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century, Joyce's Ulysses is often described as the most difficult novel in the English language. He ranks alongside such figures as Picasso, Schoenberg and Stravinsky as one of the great pioneers of modernism. But a myth of Joyce's difficulty has taken root, discouraging many readers. This is a great pity, because his writings are deeply human, enormously comic, and compelling reading. Although Joyce spent much of his life in self-imposed exile, all of his writings are obsessively and microscopically focused on Dublin's fair city. David Norris, Irish Senator, writer and Trinity College don, provides an introductory map to the labyrinth of Joyce's visionary Dublin. He takes us step by step from the early stories Dubliners, and A portrait of the artist as a young man, into the sprawling comic universe of Ulysses, and finally to the mythic dreamworld of Finnegans Wake.
Author Biography
David Norris is an Irish civil rights campaigner, scholar and politician. Carl Flint is an illustrator and storyboard artist who drew many of the scenes for Terminator: Salvation the video game.
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