A Passion for Joyce: The Letters of Hugh Kenner & Adaline Glasheen

by Hugh Kenner, Edward M. Burns

Contains all of the extant letters written to each other by the renowned Joyce scholars, Hugh Kenner and Adaline Glasheen, between 1953 and 1984. In these frank letters, we are offered the opportunity to visit the creative process. The letters have been carefully annotated so that we can follow how their ideas are absorbed into their published writings. They do not hesitate to try out ideas on each other and they do not hesitate to express uncomfortable opinions. Their contributions to the common cause spark off each other. No good quote from Choice review.

433 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 2008

Reviews

[J. Alfred · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hugh Kenner is about as good as it gets in terms of literary minds, and Adaline Glasheen was an important Joyce scholar. Both of them are interesting letter writers, though Glasheen seemed to have more of the passion for correspondence as such than Kenner did.
In addition to being a good all-over-the-place review of Joyce, this is also an interesting look at the world of high academia and publishing, and also a charming introduction to the internal intellectual lives of two people worth looking into.