Rejoycing: New Readings of Dubliners

Irish Literature, History, and Culture

by Rosa Maria Bollettieri Bosinelli

Of all the celebrated novels of James Joyce, Dubliners remains the most widely read, exhibiting many of the experimental features developed more fully in his later works.When a special issue of Style devoted to the novel appeared in 1991, it was hailed by the James Joyce Quarterly as "a volume necessary to every scholar and student of Joyce". ReJoycing reproduces those nine articles, plus an additional five commissioned expressly for the book, and a new introduction by Patrick McCarthy.In their essays, the contributors -- a veritable Who's Who of internationally recognized Joyce specialists -- probe Joyce's complex language and trace political and ideological meanings in his text, making ReJoycing an excellent introduction to the central issues in contemporary Joyce criticism.

268 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 1998

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oblique, insightful, and deep examinations of Joyce's Dubliners stories which look at them through granular dives into gender, language, history, and place. A head-spinning read!