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Consuming Joyce
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- Book Synopsis
- "This book was crying out to be written." The Irish Times "Scandalously readable." Literary Review James Joyce's relationship with his homeland was a complicated and often vexed one. The publication of his masterwork Ulysses - referred to by The Quarterly Review as an "Odyssey of the sewer" - in 1922 was initially met with indifference and hostility within Ireland. This book tells the full story of the reception of Joyce and his best-known book in the country of his birth for the first time; a reception that evolved over the next hundred years, elevating Joyce from a writer reviled to one revered. Part reception study, part social history, this book uses the changing interpretations of Ulysses to explore the concurrent religious, social and political changes sweeping Ireland. From initially being a threat to the status quo, Ulysses became a way to market Ireland abroad and a manifesto for a better, more modern, open and tolerant, multi-ethnic country.
- About The Author
- John McCourt is Professor of English Literature, Head of the Department of the Humanities at the University of Macerata, Italy and President of the International James Joyce Foundation. He is the author and editor of numerous books on Joyce and on Irish literature more in general.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781350205826
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic, (10 February 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 480 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 236 x 156 x 18 mm
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