{"product_id":"james-joyce-a-short-introduction-hardback-9780631227014","title":"James Joyce; A Short Introduction (Hardback) 9780631227014","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Short Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Seidel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631227014, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Seidel has written an admirable brief introduction for the general reader. Obviously the product of many years of teaching Joyce, it's concise, fresh and very accessible.\" \u003ci\u003eRonald Bush, St John's College, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Entering the Joycean labyrinth – whether for the first time, or the twenty-first – one could not wish for a wiser, more gracious, better-humored guide than Michael Seidel. He ranges over the full spectrum of Joyce's writing with a lightness of touch and a sureness of direction that makes being his student an unmitigated delight.\" \u003ci\u003eKevin J. H. Dettmar, Southern Illinois University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce: A Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Seidel has pulled off one of the most difficult feats in current publishing. Seidel manages to capture anew what it is that makes Joyce's writing unique, and to elucidate even his most abstruse of abstrusities with a directness, clarity and infectious pleasure which reminds one all over again why one loves Joyce.\" \u003ci\u003eJeri Johnson, Exeter College, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce: A Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, Seidel has provided a clear and accessible distillation of the biographical and historical background to Joyce's work as well as a set of methodological tools designed to help the 'general reader' understand and interpret Joyce's use of language and narrative form. Resisting the urge to 'decode' Joyce's style by appealing to content, Seidel has done an admirable job of demystifying some of Joyce's techniques without dismissing or devaluing their importance.\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading his words with the excitement of interpreting them.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introducing Joyce. \u003cp\u003e2. Master Plots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Dubliners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Exiles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Levels of Narration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Homer in \u003ci\u003eUlysses.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Three Dubliners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Reflexive Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Strategic Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406051930392,"sku":"9780631227014","price":86.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631227014.jpg?v=1784137473","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/james-joyce-a-short-introduction-hardback-9780631227014","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}