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James Joyce

Biography

There is not much to say about Joyce that has not been said a thousand times before. If you wish to know more about him as a person or more about his work, check one of the links below or read one of the many books mentioned in the bibliographies. For what it’s worth, I consider him one of the foremost writers of the century and Ulysses to be the best novel of the century. Don’t take my word for it. Read the book. Read about the book. Decide for yourself. There are plenty of people to tell you that he is overrated and inaccessible. He is certainly not everyone’s cup of tea and Ulysses is not an easy read. But whether you like him or not, his influence will remain and no-one who is interested in modern literature – and, if you are not, you should not be at this site – can afford not to read and study his work.

Books about James Joyce

There are probably well over a thousand books about Joyce. Check the bibliographies below for a few. The standard biography is Richard Ellmann: James Joyce; for a good introduction to Joyce’s work Anthony Burgess’ Here Comes Everybody is pretty good. Stuart Gilbert’s now outdated book on Ulysses is still worth reading.

Bibliography
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The James Joyce Checklist

Other links

General sites

James Joyce
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James Joyce (1882-1941)
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Featured Author: James Joyce
James Joyce from Dublin to Ithaca
With James Joyce in Ireland (by Padraic Colum)

Places associated with Joyce

James Joyce Museum
Clongowes Wood College (Joyce’s school)
Joyce’s Dublin
In The Footsteps On (sic) James Joyce Dublin
James Joyce’s Paris
In The Footsteps Of James Joyce Paris
In The Footsteps Of James Joyce Trieste
Joyce’s Residences in Zurich
James Joyce in Pula
James Joyce and the Adriatic
James Joyce – an urban genius
James Joyce in Context

Academic articles

Homeric Parallels in Ulysses by Charles Rossman
Music in the Works of James Joyce

National and international bodies

The James Joyce Centre
The James Joyce Society
The International James Joyce Foundation
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation
Antwerp James Joyce Centre
James Joyce Italian Foundation
The Finnegans Wake Society of New York

Periodical publications on Joyce

James Joyce Quarterly
James Joyce Literary Supplement

Dubliners

James Joyce: Dubliners

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Ulysses

James Joyce: Ulysses
Ulysses (text of the novel illustrated)
Ulysses in Net-town
Ulysses: A marked up version
The Irish Ulysses
Ulysses The Classic Text Traditions and Interpretations
Philosophers in Ulysses (an index)
The Injustice Collector (Is James Joyce’s grandson suppressing scholarship?)

Finnegans Wake

Finnegans Wiki
Joyce-again’s wake: an analysis of Finnegans wake
Glosses of Finnegans Wake
How & Why to Read James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake
A Finnegans Wake Gaarden (A Catalogue Of Flora In Finnegans Wake)
Finnegans Wake (lyrics to the song)

Bibliography

1907 Chamber Music
1914 Dubliners
1916 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1918 Exiles
1922 Ulysses
1927 Pomes Penyeach
1936 Collected Poems
1939 Finnegans Wake
1944 Stephen Hero
1956 Epiphanies

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