Simply Joyce
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Rating | : | 4.16 (672 Votes) |
Asin | : | B071WKXTXK |
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Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-06-30 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Generally considered one of the greatest modern writers, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) grew up in Dublin, Ireland, but spent his adult life in the European cities of Trieste, Zurich, and Paris. In Simply Joyce, author Margot Norris strips the mystery from Joyce's groundbreaking books by offering a clear introduction to why and how they were produced. Simply Joyce shows why this is so and, for those who have never had the pleasure of discovering Joyce's works, it will serve as a riveting introduction and a jumping-off point into the extraordinary linguistic world of one of the most influential writers of the previous century.. Beginning with the more accessible early works and proceeding through Ulysses and the even more challenging Finnegans Wake - Joyce's final work that was published two years before his death - Norris provides a clear and easily u