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James Joyce


Born
in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
February 02, 1882

Died
January 13, 1941

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Genre
Fiction, Poetry

Influences
Thomas Arnold, Henrik Ibsen, Gustave Flaubert, Laurence Sterne, Dante, ...more


A profound influence of literary innovations of Irish writer James Augustine Aloysius Joyce on modern fiction includes his works, Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).

People note this novelist for his experimental use of language in these works. Technical innovations of Joyce 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 he created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions.

John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman and father of James Joyce, nine younger surviving siblings, and two other siblings who died of typhoid, failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of other p ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 485,441 ratings · 28,942 reviews · 1,626 distinct works • Similar authors
Dubliners
3.84 avg rating — 146,667 ratings — published 1914 — 2235 editions
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A Portrait of the Artist as...
3.63 avg rating — 145,483 ratings — published 1916 — 5436 editions
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Ulysses
3.75 avg rating — 123,124 ratings — published 1922 — 6498 editions
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The Dead
4.01 avg rating — 19,871 ratings — published 1914 — 501 editions
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Finnegans Wake
3.68 avg rating — 12,539 ratings — published 1939 — 477 editions
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3.93 avg rating — 6,831 ratings — published 1914 — 3 editions
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Araby
3.68 avg rating — 6,429 ratings — published 1914 — 34 editions
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Ulysses Annotated
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4.20 avg rating — 3,039 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions
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Eveline
3.60 avg rating — 2,073 ratings — published 1904 — 4 editions
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Exiles
3.43 avg rating — 1,721 ratings — published 1914 — 293 editions
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Series by James Joyce

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يوليسيس- الجزء اﻷول يوليسيس- الجزء الثاني يوليسيس- الجزء الثالث يوليسيس- الجزء الرابع
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Finnegans Wake. Libro primo... Finnegans Wake: libro primo... Finnegans Wake: libro secon... Finnegans Wake: libro secon... Finnegans Wake. Libro terzo... Finnegans Wake. Libro terzo...
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“Shut your eyes and see.”
― James Joyce
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“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses
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“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
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October 2019 short Story/Novella Poll

The Dead by James Joyce, 64 pages, 1914
 
  67 votes, 23.2%

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, 48+- pages, 1894
 
  61 votes, 21.1%

 
  60 votes, 20.8%

 
  52 votes, 18.0%

Kerfol by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1916
 
  26 votes, 9.0%

 
  23 votes, 8.0%

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