Joyce Annotated
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20th century irish literature
a portrait of the artist as a young man
A01=Don Gifford
annotated literature
Author_Don Gifford
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dublin
dubliners
early 20th century literature
epiphany
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greek mythology
guided reading
historical context
intellectual awakening
irish legend
irish middle class
irish nationalism
james joyce
literature
local legend
modernism
modernist literature
paralysis
philosophy
place names
political context
relevant gossip
self understanding
short story collection
slang terms
study guide
theology
understanding joyce
Product details
- ISBN 9780520046108
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 1981
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In James Joyce's early work, as in "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake", meanings are often concealed in obscure allusions and details of veiled suggestive power. Consistent recognition of these hidden significances in "Dubliners" and "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" would require an encyclopedic knowledge of life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Dublin such as few readers possess. Now this substantially revised and expanded edition of Don Gifford's "Notes to Joyce: 'Dubliners' and 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'" puts the requisite knowledge at the disposal of scholars, students, and general readers. An ample introductory essay supplies the historical, biographical, and geographical background for "Dubliners" and "Portrait". The annotations that follow gloss place names, define slang terms, recount relevant gossip, give capsule histories of institutions and political and cultural movements and figures, supply bits of local and Irish legend and lore, explain religious nomenclature and practices, and illuminate cryptic allusions to literature, theology, philosophy, science and the arts.
Professor Gifford's labors in gathering these data into a single volume have resulted in an invaluable source-book for all students of Joyce's art.
