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Book SynopsisTim Conley's Useless Joyce provocatively analyses Joyce's Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art.
Trade Review‘Highly recommended.’ -- R.D. Newman * Choice Magazine vol 55:10:2018 *
"Useless Joyce provides an implicit defense of literary pleasure, with the teacher-critic serving as mediator of that pleasure." -- Mark Wollaeger * James Joyce Literary Supplement, Fall 2018 *
"...Conley’s insatiable appetite to read Joyce for his usefulness enriches our understanding of his texts and will provoke further research and inquiry." -- Eleni Loukopoulou, Independent Scholar * James Joyce Quarterly, vol 55 no 1-3, Spring/Summer '18 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Textual Functions Chapter 1: Guidance Systems Chapter 2: Misquoting Joyce Chapter 3: Limited Editions, Edited Limitations Chapter 4: Translation, Annotation, Hesitation Part Two: Cultural Appropriations Chapter 5: Make a Stump Speech of It Chapter 6: Win a Dream Date with James Joyce Chapter 7: The Stephen Dedalus Diet Conclusion: Means without End Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
