James Joyce





James Joyce

Author profile


born
in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
February 02, 1882

died
January 13, 1941

gender
male

website

genre


About this author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions.

James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, 1882, as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics...more


Average rating: 3.71 · 164,691 ratings · 8,353 reviews · 227 distinct works · Similar authors
A Portrait of the Artist as...
by
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 56,528 ratings — published 1916 — 336 editions
Ulysses
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 45,065 ratings — published 1922 — 327 editions
Dubliners
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 44,661 ratings — published 1914 — 443 editions
The Dead
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 4,819 ratings — published 1914 — 26 editions
Finnegans Wake
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 5,828 ratings — published 1939 — 72 editions
A Portrait of the Artist as...
by
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,036 ratings — published 1916 — 17 editions
Araby
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,100 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
Stephen Hero
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1944 — 5 editions
The Portable James Joyce
by
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1947 — 7 editions
Exiles
3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1918 — 35 editions
More books by James Joyce…
“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
James Joyce, Ulysses

“And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.”
James Joyce

“His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.”
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
SciFi and Fantasy...: The Road -- How do you feel about the lack of punctuation 24 157 Mar 01, 2009 11:59am  
Glens Falls (NY) ...: Ulysses by James Joyce 12 49 Mar 12, 2009 09:17am  
The Book Challenge: Michelle Kay's Reads 2009 4 582 Apr 17, 2009 12:42am  
The Seasonal Read...: FALL CHALLENGE 2009 PLANS 174 1324 Oct 14, 2009 08:10am  
Challenge: 50 Books: Collections of Short Stories 15 256 Nov 25, 2009 11:35am  
Challenge: 50 Books: Anyone started thinking about list for 2010? 118 335 Dec 30, 2009 12:04pm  
The Next Best Boo...: Hollis: 400 book challenge 107 432 Dec 31, 2009 06:30am  
The History Book ...: BOOKS AND OTHER WORKS CITED BY BARZUN 64 170 Mar 07, 2010 08:45pm