Modernism - Literary Movements, 20th Century Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, Literary Theory - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
In the beginning of his literary career, James Joyce was an Irishman writing to protest the deplorable, volatile conditions of his native country. Today, he is an icon revered as a literary genius within the academic cottage industry known as "Joyce studies." Our Joyce explores his amazing transformation of a literary reputation, offering an unusually frank look into how and for whose benefit literary reputations are constructed. One of only a few studies of literary reputations, Our Joyce will appeal to a broad range of literary critics and to nearly anyone who is interested in biography. Writing from within the Joyce industry that he analyzes, Kelly challenges our current view of James Joyce and the debilitating term 'genius' that we use to canonize writers.Editorials
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Explores the transformation of James Joyce's literary reputation from an Irish writer speaking to the Dublin middle classes to a literary genius, concentrating on five defining moments in its development. Examines Joyce as propagandist before 1914, the expansion of his reputation through publication in and as a result of Morris Ernst's defense of against obscenity charges, Richard Ellmann's portrait of Joyce in his 1950s biography, and the canonization of Joyce by the academy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1998
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pages
303
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780292743311