Table of Contents


Acknowledgments deletev

Preface

Introduction

Biographical Timeline

Dubliners

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Ulysses

Finnegans Wake

A-Z Literary Companion

Appendix A: Eighteen Ways of Looking at Joyce

Appendix B: Joyce on Film

Bibliography

Index

Though he published just a handful of major works in his lifetime, James Joyce (1882-1941) continues to fascinate readers around the world and remains one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. The complexity of Joyce's style has attracted--and occasionally puzzled--generations of readers who have succumbed to the richness of his literary world.
This literary companion guides readers through his four major works--Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake--with chapter-by-chapter discussions and critical inquiry. An A to Z format covers the works, people, history and context that influenced his writing. Appendices summarize notable Joycean literary criticism and biography, and also discuss significant films based on his work.

James F. Broderick is a professor of English at New Jersey City University in Jersey City.