Joyce, Imperialism, and Postcolonialism

On the surface, James Joyce's work is largely apolitical. Through most of the twentieth century he was the proud embodiment of the rootless intellectual. However, perspectives on the colonial history of Ireland have proliferated in recent years, yielding a subtle and complex conception of the Irish postcolonial experience that has become a major theme in current Joyce scholarship. Highly original and often provocative, these essays bring Joyce powerfully within the ambit of postcolonial studies. Contributors include

Allan Simmons
Eugene O'Brien
Jon Hegglund
Trevor Williams
William Mottolese
Michael Tratner
Christy Burns

Leonard Orr is the Lewis E. and Stella G. Buchanan Distinguished Professor of English at Washington State University. His other published works include Yeats and Postmodernism, also published by Syracuse University Press, A Joseph Conrad Companion, and Problems and Poetics of the Nonaristotelian Novel.