James Joyce: A Literary Life

by Morris Beja

This series of books offers accounts of the literary careers of widely read British and Irish authors. Volumes follow the outline of the writers' working lives tracing the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This book is about the Irish author James Joyce.

Genres: Literature, Nonfiction

150 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 1992

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

At 125 quick pages, Beja, a respected Joycean, covers a good deal of ground. Ellman's biography remains the best, definitive life of Joyce, but is too daunting and scholarly for most causal fans. For those who want to understand the contours of the man's life and work, this isn't a bad starting point.

[Yusak Lie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a short biography of Joyce for the general reader.