Description
About the Author
EDITOR: Tim Conley is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Brock University
Reviews
'The overall quality is exceptionally high.' James Joyce Literary Supplement Fall 2011 'I can confirm that the book is even better than the cover - a truly tasty, haute-cuisine omelette of Joyce criticism. - I will say that Conley's collection offers a stimulating introduction to the context that produced both the Exagmination and the Wake. Starting with Eugene Jolas's transition journal where the chapters from 'Work in Progress' were first published, as well as most of the essays in Our Exagmination, it situates Joyce's aesthetic project in relation to the great literary, cultural, and political debates of late modernism. - Conley claims that, unlike Joyce, he has given very few directions to his commentators and that, as a result, each felt free to react accordingly to his or her own sensibility and expertise. The result is a collection of diverse readings both prolonging the tradition and reaffirming the importance of the Exagmination since - as Conley notes - 'The "Joyce industry" starts here.' James Joyce Quarterly 48 (1) 2010
Book Information
ISBN 9781906359461
Author Tim Conley
Format Hardback
Page Count 210
Imprint University College Dublin Press
Publisher University College Dublin Press