James Joyce(biography)
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| Author | Richard Ellmann |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | James Joyce |
| Genre | Biography |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United States |
James JoycebyRichard Ellmannwas published in1959(a revised edition was released in 1982). It provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of IrishmodernistJames Joyce,which informs an understanding of this author's complex works.
Reception[edit]
Anthony Burgesswas so impressed with the biographer's work that he claimed it to be "the greatestliterary biographyof the century. "[1][2]Edna O'Brien,the Irish novelist, remarked that "H. G. Wellssaid thatFinnegans Wakewas an immense riddle, and people find it too difficult to read. I have yet to meet anyone who has read and digested the whole of it—except perhaps my friend Richard Ellmann. "[3]Ellmann quotes extensively fromFinnegans Wakeasepigraphsin his biography of Joyce.
References[edit]
- ^Lorraine, Janzen Kooistra(Winter 1993). "The Biography of the Century: Another Look at Richard Ellmann'sJames Joyce".Biography.16(1): 31–45.doi:10.1353/bio.2010.0340.JSTOR23539556.S2CID162295867.
- ^Menand, Louis,"Silence, Exile, Punning: James Joyce's chance encounters".The New Yorker,2 July 2012, pp. 71–75.
- ^Interview,The Art of FictionNo. 82,The Paris Review,Issue 92, Summer 1984.
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