Presents a guide to the life and literary accomplishments of the Irish author, including analyses of the contents and characters of each of his works and discussions on places and events in his life which influenced his writing.

Presents a guide to the life and literary accomplishments of the Irish author, including analyses of the contents and characters of each of his works and discussions of places and events in his life which influenced his writing.

Product Description: “Joyce’s one play finally gets the critical attention it deserves.”—Sam Slote, coeditor of Renascent Joyce   “Carefully selected discussions illuminate both Joyce’s Exiles and Joyce’s exile—and, as well, the sense of exile throughout Joyce’s work...read more

These encyclopedic companions are individual guides to authors and their works. Useful for students, but written with the general reader in mind, they are clear, concise, accessible, and supply the basic cultural, historical, biographical and critical information crucial to an appreciation and enjoyment of the primary works. Each is arranged in an A-Z fashion and presents and explains the terms, people, places, and concepts encountered in the literary worlds of James Joyce, Mark Twain, and Virginia Woolf. (view table of contents)

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For the past seventy years the discipline of film studies has widely invoked the term national cinema. Such a concept suggests a unified identity with distinct cultural narratives. As the current debate over the meaning of nation and nationalism has made thoughtful readers question the term, its application to the field of film studies is the subject of recent interrogation. In Myth of an Irish Cinema, Michael Gillespie presents a groundbreaking challenge to the traditional view of filmmaking, contesting the existence of an Irish national cinema. Given the social, economic, and cultural complexity of contemporary Irish identity, Gillespie argues that filmmakers can no longer present Irishness as a monolithic entity. The book is arranged thematically, with chapters exploring the representation of the middle class, urban life, rural life, religion, and politics. Offering close readings of Irish themed films, Gillespie identifies a variety of interpretative approaches that are based on the diverse elements that define national character. Covering a wide range of films, from John Ford's The Quiet Man and Waking Ned Devine to Bob Quinn's controversial Budawanny/The Bishop's Story , The Myth of an Irish Cinema signals a paradigm shift in the field of film studies and promises to reinvigorate the dialogue on the subject of national cinema.

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Product Description: Book by Gillespie, Michael Patrick

This text provides an introduction to students and others interested in William Kennedy's work. It provides an analysis of Kennedy's best-known works, a firm base for interpretation, and a better understanding of the cultural world that shapes the characters and plots. Rather than laying down what one should see when reading Kennedy's works, the text moves to the next stage of exploring diverse responses to Kennedy's canon, broadening the reader's awareness of the range of alternative strategies and perspective. It begins with an introduction that lays out the imaginative context for Kennedy's work. Subsequent chapters, in three parts, provide extended treatments of his early work, key elements in the first three Albany novels, and finally the maturity of his overall fiction.

Product Description: Since its appearance in 1922, James Joyce's novel Ulysses has remained extremely popular, never having gone out of print. Since the expiration of its copyright in the early 1990s, almost every major press in the US and England has produced an edition of the novel...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This collection of essays is the first in 15 years to review the current state of theory on James Joyce’s Ulysses, and this volume comes more than 100 years after the fictitious Leopold Bloom steps into the novel, a day Joyceans celebrate as Bloomsday...read more