James Joyce

Semiautobiographical tale of James Joyce's alter ego, Stephen Dedalus.

Fifteen stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century.

A collection of Love Poems "Welladay! Welladay!, For the winds of May!, Love is unhappy when love is away!" The title of the book, "Chamber Music," was reportedly a pun relating to the sound of urine tinkling in a chamber pot, though this seems to be a later embellishment by Joyce of the title's meaning.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners, by James Joyce, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies...

Con una propuesta de lectura creativa, De Conatus reedita Los muertos, un relato perfecto para entrar en el mundo de Joyce y reconocer sus recursos narrativos. Los muertos está considerado uno de los mejores relatos de la Historia de la Literatura. En el escenario de una fiesta de Navidad Gabriel tiene que enfrentarse a su gran miedo: verse a sí mismo. A través de este personaje Joyce nos obliga a plantearnos qué significa vivir. James Joyce:...

"The Classic Collection of James Joyce, embellished with illustrations, presents a rich anthology of the renowned author's literary masterpieces. At its core is 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' a semi-autobiographical novel tracing the intellectual and artistic maturation of the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus. Joyce's mastery of stream-of-consciousness technique and intricate language is showcased in this seminal work. 'Ulysses,' a landmark...

Ninguna obra de la literatura universal ha sido tan incomprendida y vilipendiada por falsas premisas y fatuos enconos debido a su supuesta ilegibilidad como "Finnegans Wake" de James Joyce, aunque en un primer momento esta postura sería explicable ya que el autor irlandés se propuso escribir novelas para ser estudiadas durante doscientos años. Lo mismo se dijo del Ulises cuando en 1924 un grupo de notables españoles la declararon intraducible. A...

This volume combines two of Joyce's poetry books, “Chamber Music” (1907), a collection of thirty-six love poems, and “Pomes Penyeach” (1927), which features thirteen poems-with two longer poems by Joyce, "The Holy Office" and "Gas from a Burner."

Bored of the lack of adventure at school, two boys decide to cut class and head for the shore. They encounter many people and social events along the way, until they finally meet an older man who gives them a long speech on Sir Walter Scott, corporal punishment, and other distressing topics, much to their dismay. Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the early...

Maria, a laundress, is an older, unmarried woman with plans to attend her former foster child's Halloween celebration. On her way to the party, Maria is reminded of her "old maid" status, and during one of the party's games further confirms her marital future when choosing a lump of clay over a wedding ring. Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the early twentieth...