{"product_id":"joyce-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-guides-for-the-perplexed-9780826487926","title":"Joyce A Guide for the Perplexed Guides for the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrates the daring, humor and playfulness of James Joyce's complex work while engaging with and elucidating the most demanding aspects of his writing. This book explores in detail the motifs and radical innovations of style and technique that characterize his major works - \"Dubliners\", \"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\", and \"Ulysses\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When Peter Mahon guides us through the main works of James Joyce, he doesn't provide the roadmap for an ancient Irish maze but offers a brand new GPS, a Global Positioning System or a Guide for Perplexed Students. In clear and simple prose, Mahon explains how to connect this little black box to the Joycean engine. Just pull some gears, it falls into place and works. Sit back, read some more, you'll be able at last to enjoy the Joyce ride.\" Jean-Michel Rabat, Vartan Gregorian Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, USA\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introducing Joyce: Realism and Epiphany in Dubliners; 2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: The Sexual Politics of Art; 3. Reading Ulysses I: From \"Telemachus\" to \"The Wandering Rocks\"; 4. Reading Ulysses II: \"Sirens\" to \"Penelope\"; 5. The Language(s) and Structure(s) of Finnegans Wake; 6. Conclusion: \"Where are we at all?\"; Suggested Further Reading; Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038762336599,"sku":"9780826487926","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826487926.jpg?v=1750941342","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/joyce-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-guides-for-the-perplexed-9780826487926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}