{"product_id":"useless-joyce-9781487519957","title":"Useless Joyce","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Conley’s \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e provocatively analyses Joyce’s \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake \u003c\/i\u003eand takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art. Conley argues that the works of James Joyce, often thought difficult and far from practical, are in fact polymorphous meditations on this question. Examinations of traditional textual functions such as quoting, editing, translating, and annotating texts are set against the ways in which texts may be assigned unexpected but thoroughly practical purposes. Conley’s accessible and witty engagement with the material views the rise of explication and commentary on Joyce’s work as an industry not unlike the rise of self-help publishing. We can therefore read \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e as various kinds of guides and uncover new or forgotten uses for them. \u003ci\u003eUseless Joyce \u003c\/i\u003einvites new discussions about the assumptions at work behind our\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e‘Highly recommended.’ -- R.D. Newman * Choice Magazine vol 55:10:2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409147765079,"sku":"9781487519957","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487519957.jpg?v=1730505615","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/useless-joyce-9781487519957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}