James Joyce
por Richard Ellmann
- Usado
- Brochura
- Condição
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0195033817
- ISBN 13
- 9780195033816
- Livreiro
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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Oxford U Press, 11th trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good minus, light edge and corner wear, light spine crease, price sticker on rear cover, light sunning on rear cover.
Although several biographers have thrown themselves into the breach since this magisterial book first appeared in 1959, none have come close to matching the late Richard Ellmann's achievement. To be fair, Ellmann does have some distinct advantages. For starters, there's his deep mastery of the Irish milieu--demonstrated not only in this volume but in his books on Yeats and Wilde. He's also an admirable stylist himself--graceful, witty, and happily unintimidated by his brilliant subjects. But in addition, Ellmann seems to have an uncanny grasp on Joyce's personality: his reverence for the Irishman's literary accomplishment is always balanced by a kind of bemused affection for his faults. Whether Joyce is putting the finishing touches on Ulysses, falling down drunk in the streets of Trieste, or talking dirty to his future wife via the postal service, Ellmann's account always shows us a genius and a human being--a daunting enough task for a fiction writer, let alone the poor, fact-fettered biographer. Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.
Although several biographers have thrown themselves into the breach since this magisterial book first appeared in 1959, none have come close to matching the late Richard Ellmann's achievement. To be fair, Ellmann does have some distinct advantages. For starters, there's his deep mastery of the Irish milieu--demonstrated not only in this volume but in his books on Yeats and Wilde. He's also an admirable stylist himself--graceful, witty, and happily unintimidated by his brilliant subjects. But in addition, Ellmann seems to have an uncanny grasp on Joyce's personality: his reverence for the Irishman's literary accomplishment is always balanced by a kind of bemused affection for his faults. Whether Joyce is putting the finishing touches on Ulysses, falling down drunk in the streets of Trieste, or talking dirty to his future wife via the postal service, Ellmann's account always shows us a genius and a human being--a daunting enough task for a fiction writer, let alone the poor, fact-fettered biographer. Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.
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- Livreiro
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 202000789
- Título
- James Joyce
- Autor
- Richard Ellmann
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good-
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 11th printing
- Encadernação
- Brochura
- ISBN 10
- 0195033817
- ISBN 13
- 9780195033816
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Local de publicação
- Oxford, UK
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- October 20, 1983
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Modern Literature; Biography; Non-Fiction;
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