San Antonio College Library

Despite the notoriety which he unintentionally inspired by his great novel "Ulysses", James Joyce remains a mysterious figure. And yet the subject-matter of his books was his own life: his friends, his loves, and (above all) the city where he was born -- Dublin. Professor Anderson has not only made an exhaustive, scholarly study of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, but has also explored the details of his life, from his childhood and troubled...

"Joyce's life and writings continue to attract huge interest and controversy. For much of his life he had to struggle against poverty, ill health (enduring many operations on his eyes) and problems associated with the publishing of his books or extracts from them. This chronology travels from his early years in Dublin (from which he permanently exiled himself in 1912) to his years on the continent, principally Trieste, Zurich (where he died in 1941)...

"Morris Beja's concise yet thorough biography of James Joyce fills a void in Joycean studies by offering students and general readers a short, readable account of the great writer's life, concentrating on Joyce's sense of himself as an artist and on the ways in which he drew upon his life in weaving his fictions." "James Joyce, arguably the most influential twentieth-century writer in any language, and certainly one of the major figures in world literature,...

In her own day, Maria Edgeworth's merits as a creative writer (author of Castle Rackrent and The Absentee) were recognized by many leading novelists and critics, among them Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott. W.B. Yeats described her as "the one serious novelist coming from the upper classes in Ireland, and the most finished and famous produced by any class there.' -- Provided by publisher.

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) was a prolific novelist whom Sir Walter Scott called "one of the wonders of our age." First she published essays and illustrative stories for children; then, in 1800, came the novel for which she is best remembered, Castle Rackrent. By 1814, when she had published half her total literary output-Popular Tales, Belinda, The Modern Griselda, Tales of Fashionable Life in six volumes (including The Absentee), and Patronage-...

"James Joyce: A Passionate Exile is a new account of the life, times and writings of the twentieth century's most distinguished novelist. Combining words with an extraordinary collection of contemporary photographs and other images, it depicts his family's fall from riches to rags and his experience of growing up in late nineteenth century Dublin. Author and Joyce scholar John McCourt also examines Joyce's relationship with his life-long partner,...