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Biography

Name: James Joyce
Birth Date: February 2, 1882
Death Date: January 13, 1941
Place of Birth: Rathgar, Ireland
Place of Death: Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of James (Augustine Aloysius) Joyce
14,179 words, approx. 47 pages
Rather than forging radically new means for fiction, the novels of James Joyce--A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922), and Finnegans Wake (1939)--as well as his single short-story collection, Dubliners (1914), changed the way...
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Biography of James Joyce
13,855 words, approx. 46 pages
Few writers have as secure a claim to be the major figure of the modernist period in literary history as James Joyce, a position that he prepared himself for with diligence and commitment. During his student days at University College in Dublin he...
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Biography of James Joyce
6,408 words, approx. 21 pages
James Joyce is a monument of modernism in literature. In the opening passage of his biography, James Joyce, Richard Ellmann aptly summarized the writer's impact on twentieth-century letters, "We are still learning to be James Joyce's contemporaries, to...
 


Quotations
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James Joyce Quotes
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce ( 1882-02-02 - 1941-01-13 ) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. See also: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), and Ulysses (1922) Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Dubliners (1914) 1.2 Ulysses (1922) 1.3...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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James Joyce Information
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novel...


News and Journals
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Scholar settles James Joyce lawsuit
3/24/2007: 547 words, approx. 2 pages
A Stanford University professor who sued James Joyce's estate for the right to quote excerpts from "Finnegans Wake" and letters between the author and his daughter will be able to use the material after agreeing to settle the case.As part of an agreement reached this...
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Will Ferrell wins James Joyce award
1/25/2008: 380 words, approx. 1 pages
Will Ferrell has received the James Joyce award — but concedes he's no literary expert."As I perused my leatherbound volumes of 'Ulysses,' 'Finnegans Wake,' 'Dubliners,' 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' standing in my mahogany library, a lot of feelings ran across my...
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Scholar wins right to quote James Joyce
3/25/2007: 547 words, approx. 2 pages
A Stanford University professor who sued James Joyce's estate for the right to quote excerpts from "Finnegans Wake" and letters between the author and his daughter will be able to use the material after agreeing to settle the case.As part of an agreement reached this...
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Scholar who sued James Joyce's estate wins right to quote works in settlement agreement
3/24/2007: 547 words, approx. 2 pages
A Stanford University professor who sued James Joyce's estate for the right to quote excerpts from "Finnegans Wake" and letters between the author and his daughter will be able to use the material after agreeing to settle the case.As part of an agreement reached this...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Bonnie Roos
13,300 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following essay, Roos traces the influences of American writer Bret Harte's novel Gabriel Conroy on Joyce's story, “The Dead.”
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Critical Essay by John Paul Riquelme
11,539 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Riquelme traces the development of Stephen Daedalus as an artist in Joyce's novels.
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Critical Essay by Vicki Mahaffey
11,145 words, approx. 37 pages
In the essay that follows, Mahaffey discusses the defining characteristics of Joyce's shorter works and examines the relationship between his longer and shorter compositions.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
Life and Times of James Joyce
3,100 words, approx. 10 pages
Describes the life and times of James Joyce including references to religion, nationalism, and all four of his major works with emphasis on "Ulysses."
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Essay Grade: 92%
James Joyce: Beauty in Complexity
2,354 words, approx. 8 pages
James Joyce despised and even hated the corruption, drunkenness, and ignorance of Ireland. This disgust prompted Joyce to initiate a self imposed exile from his homeland yet Joyce brought along a large contingent of his family and his own fond memories. Therefore, never truly leaving Ireland but transplanting the simple, sweet pleasures that Joyce loved about his nation. When asked if he would ever return home he would reply, "Have I ever left?"
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James Joyce
1,539 words, approx. 5 pages
It is about James Joyce's, "Arby"
 


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