- Paperback: 187 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt (Mar 1975)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0156465612
- ISBN-13: 978-0156465618
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,161,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Probably one of the best books on Joyce's work I have ever read. Will need several readings o fully digest. Will be introducing it it to storywriting class at NMTC.ie next year.
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Burgess at his best
27 April 2006
Format:Paperback
Now I'll probably get every hard-core Joyce scholar upset but this is a great work by a great author. The more I learn about Burgess, the more I find him a real genius. This book is no exception. He's written two books on Joyce, this and ReJoyce. Skip the other. This was written later, a play on Joyce Speak, sprechen (german) past tense sprach I think -- it's been a while. Or pun it as you will, a fun little title conjuring up playful associations that is at the heart of much of Joyce. Burgess sees Joyce, even in Finnegan's Wake, as completely readable and this book shows us how. Burgess also expounds upon what he considers the two types of literature, the bad-plot-driven-ugly-writing stuff and the literature where the author pays attention not only to plot etc, but to language. Burgess once said Nabokov (I paraphrase) didn't have anywhere near the talent of Joyce. Whoa! How to make such a bold statement. Well the book teaches us many things. It's a true gem, this book. If you love Joyce you'll love this. I am still, three weeks after reading it, framing the world and other literature by his insights.
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