James Joyce (1) (1882–1941)
Author of Ulysses
For other authors named James Joyce, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Dublin, Ireland, into a large Catholic family. Joyce was a very good pupil, studying poetics, languages, and philosophy at Clongowes Wood College, Belvedere College, and the Royal University in Dublin. Joyce taught school in Dalkey, Ireland, before show more marrying in 1904. Joyce lived in Zurich and Triest, teaching languages at Berlitz schools, and then settled in Paris in 1920 where he figured prominently in the Parisian literary scene, as witnessed by Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Joyce's collection of fine short stories, Dubliners, was published in 1914, to critical acclaim. Joyce's major works include A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Stephen Hero. Ulysses, published in 1922, is considered one of the greatest English novels of the 20th century. The book simply chronicles one day in the fictional life of Leopold Bloom, but it introduces stream of consciousness as a literary method and broaches many subjects controversial to its day. As avant-garde as Ulysses was, Finnegans Wake is even more challenging to the reader as an important modernist work. Joyce died just two years after its publication, in 1941. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Viking Critical Library) (1914) — Author — 429 copies, 1 review
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism] (1993) 282 copies, 1 review
Dubliners, A portrait Of The Young Artist, Ulysses (Three Acclaimed Classics In One Volume) (1993) 59 copies
A Very Irish Christmas: The Greatest Irish Holiday Stories of All Time (Very Christmas, 6) (2021) — Contributor — 17 copies, 2 reviews
Das James Joyce Lesebuch. Erzählungen aus Dubliner und Erzählstücke aus den Romanen (1979) 16 copies
Dubliners & A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Other Works (Word Cloud Classics) (2019) 16 copies
Le sorelle - I morti 14 copies
"Continuation of a Work in Progress" 13 copies
Werkausgabe in sechs Bänden in der edition suhrkamp: Band 5: Gesammelte Gedichte. Anna Livia Plurabelle. Englisch… (1987) 10 copies
Gente di Dublino. Racconti scelti 7 copies
The Collected Works of James Joyce: Chamber Music Dubliners A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Exiles Ulysses (the… (2013) 5 copies
Storyella as she is syung 5 copies
Letters of James Joyce, Volume 3 5 copies
James Joyce Quarterly 4 copies
The James Joyce BBC Radio Collection: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man & Dubliners (2019) 4 copies
"Ulysses: Episode XII (Continued)" 4 copies
Reading & Training : James Joyce : A selection from Dubliners [book + sound recording] (2017) — Writer — 4 copies
Scritti italiani 4 copies
Complete Works 3 copies
Le sorelle: I *morti 3 copies
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Companion (Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context,… (2012) 3 copies
La noche de Ulises 3 copies
Bid adieu; words and air 3 copies
"Ulysses: Episode VI" 3 copies
"Ulysses: Episode XIII (Continued)" 3 copies
"Ulysses: Episode IX" 3 copies
Finnegans wake. Libro primo, 5.-8. 3 copies
"Ulysses: X" 3 copies
Finnegans Wake: Book II, Chapter 2: A Facsimile of Drafts, Typescripts, & Proofs (James Joyce Archive) (1978) 3 copies
4 James Joyce Novels 2 copies
Pastimes of James Joyce 2 copies
"From Work in Progress" 2 copies
Easy Ulysses, James Joyce, Annotated, Edited and with an Introduction, Notes and Detailed Explanations by J Michael… (2012) 2 copies
The Complete James Joyce Collection 2 copies
Hades : Ein Kapitel aus dem Ulysses. Übertr. v. Hans Wollschläger. Hrsg. u. erkl. v. Fritz Senn. Engl.-Dtsch. (1992) 2 copies
James Joyce : This volume collects the complete writings of James Joyce ( Annotated) (2014) 2 copies, 1 review
Finnegans Wake, The Final Chapter (The Illnesstraited Colossick Idition of Finnegans Wake) (2011) 2 copies
Ulisse: la Telemachia. Episodi 1-3 2 copies
JAMES JOYCE Premium Collection: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Chamber Music & Exiles (2016) 2 copies
Dubliners: Five selected stories 2 copies
Ulysses Volume II, Episodes 15-18 [Unabridged] [Audiobook] by Joyce, James Recorded Books (2) (1995) 2 copies
Geschichten von Shem und Shaun. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Drei Geschichten aus Finnegans Wake. Englisch-deutsch… (2012) 2 copies
Complete Works of James Joyce "Irish Novelist and Poet"! 5 Complete Works (Ulysses, Dubliners, Exiles, Chamber Music, A… (2016) 2 copies
Daniel Defoe 2 copies
"Ulysses: Episode VIII" 2 copies
"Ulysses: Episode III" 2 copies
Scrivere pericolosamente. Riflessioni su vita, arte, letteratura (Filigrana Vol. 49) (Italian Edition) (2011) 2 copies
James Joyce Collection: Early Works: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Chamber Music, Exiles (2021) 2 copies
"Ulysses: Episode II" 2 copies
"Ulysses: Episode XI (Continued)" 2 copies
Ódysseifur : Fyrra bindi 1 copy
Ulises Tomo I y II 1 copy
Other Writings 1 copy
James Joyce Omnibus (Complete and Unabridged): A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Dubliners, Chamber… (2012) 1 copy
OBRAS COMPLETAS TOMO I 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Not One Single Serious Line 1 copy
Stories from Dubliners 1 copy
Musica da camera 1 copy
The Complete James Joyce 1 copy
The complete works 1 copy
Realism and Idealism in English Literature: Daniel Defoe & William Blake (2 Essays by James Joyce) 1 copy
Portrét mladého umělce 1 copy
Monólogo de Molly Bloom 1 copy
MÚSICA DE CÂMARA 1 copy
Ulises T2 1 copy
Obras completas I - ESTUDIO PRLEMINAR - ULISES - STEPHEN EL HEROE - RETRATO DEL ARTISTA ADOLESCENTE (2004) 1 copy
Người Dublin 1 copy
Ulysses. 1. Erster Band 1 copy
Ulysses. 2. Zweiter Band 1 copy
Ljudje iz Dublina 1 copy
The Fortnightly Review 1 copy
Pirandello, Joyce, Brecht — Author — 1 copy
The Works of Master Poldy 1 copy
Obras maestras del siglo XX 1 copy
Six Stories 1 copy
[Ulisse] [1! 1 copy
Passion: Men on Men {audio} — Contributor — 1 copy
Odysseus - Svazek 3 1 copy
Un Finnegans Wake más corto 1 copy
Penelope 1 copy
Odysseus - Svazek 1 1 copy
Odysseus - Svazek 2 1 copy
Ulysses and Other Works 1 copy
Cenere per le sorelle Fynn 1 copy
"Ulysses: Episode V" 1 copy
"Ulysses: Episode XIV" 1 copy
"Ulysses: Episode IV" 1 copy
"Ulysses: Episode VII" 1 copy
"Ulysses: Episode 1" 1 copy
May Goulding [short story] 1 copy
James Joyce: Short Stories 1 copy
james joyce autobiography 1 copy
Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, Exiles, Pomes Penyeach & Chamber Music 1 copy
The Joyce book 1 copy
Et Tu, Healy! 1 copy
Holy Office, The 1 copy
JAMES JOYCE'UN MEKTUPLARI 1 copy
Daburin shimin (ダブリン市民) 1 copy
Los muertos y otros cuentos 1 copy
Gas From a Burner 1 copy
The James Joyce Collection (2 classic novels — Author — 1 copy
Die Toten : Erzählungen. Aus d. Engl. übers. von Georg Goyert. Einl. von Kaspar Spinner. Holzschnitte von Werner… (1966) 1 copy
Querida Nora! 1 copy
James Joyce's Ulysses, The John Quinn draft manuscript of the 'Circe' episode, Thursday 14 December 2000 ([Catalogue of… (2000) 1 copy
Complete Work of James Joyce Set.1 (Ulysses, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chamber Music) (2011) 1 copy
Quattro epifanie 1 copy
De honni-soit à mal-y-chance 1 copy
A work in progress 1 copy
Ulysses. Mit einer Einführung von C. Giedion-Welcker und einer Einführung in das Romanwerk von James Joyce.… (1969) 1 copy
Molly Bloom's Soliloquy: From Ulysses (Naxos Classic Fiction) (Naxos Complete Classics) (2012) 1 copy
Η πανσιόν και άλλα διηγήματα (The Boarding House; An Encounter; Araby; Evelyn; from the… (1997) 1 copy
Textos esenciales 1 copy
ULISE VOL2 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 955 copies, 7 reviews
Here Comes Everybody: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader (1965) — Subject — 530 copies, 6 reviews
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe (1994) — Contributor — 389 copies, 3 reviews
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contributor — 258 copies, 1 review
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 154 copies, 2 reviews
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 152 copies, 1 review
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø (2017) — Contributor — 35 copies, 3 reviews
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 3: Intelligent Family Living (1967) — Contributor — 33 copies
Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others (2004) — Contributor — 28 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
ESSENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLASSIC BANNED BOOKS — Contributor — 9 copies
Fotspår : noveller ur Sveriges radio P1:s serie Författarskap på fötter (2003) — Contributor — 5 copies
Imagist Anthology 1930 — Contributor — 4 copies
Die englische Literatur 09 in Text und Darstellung. 20. Jahrhundert. (2001) — Contributor — 3 copies
Modern Short Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
Munkácsy, Mihály Krisztus-képei = Les tableaux du Christ de Mihály Munkácsy = Die Christusbilder von Mihály… — Contributor — 1 copy
Tom Stoppard: Travesties [theatre programme] — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
Modern Choice 2 — Contributor — 1 copy
Contact collection of contemporary writers — Contributor — 1 copy
A Caravan of Music Stories by the World's Great Authors — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius
- Birthdate
- 1882-02-02
- Date of death
- 1941-01-13
- Burial location
- Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Country (for map)
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Place of death
- Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Cause of death
- perforated ulcer
- Places of residence
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Rathgar, County Dublin, Ireland
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland (show all 7)
Pula, Croatia (then Austria-Hungary) - Education
- University College Dublin
Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare
Belvedere College, Dublin - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
teacher
singer - Relationships
- Joyce, Stanislaus (brother)
- Organizations
- The Imagists
- Awards and honors
- Feis Ceoil bronze medal (singing; 1904)
- Short biography
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He was born in Dublin into a middle-class family, and briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and Belvedere. He went on to attend University College Dublin.
In 1904, in his early twenties, Joyce emigrated to continental Europe with his partner (and later wife) Nora Barnacle.
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Discussions
New LE: Ulysses by James Joyce in Folio Society Devotees (November 27)
Book club takes 28 years to finish Finnegan's Wake in Book talk (November 5)
Thornwillow's Ulysses in Fine Press Forum (July 2)
Finnegans Wake in Folio Society Devotees (May 3)
#80 Days of Ulysses in 2023 Category Challenge (July 2023)
New LE Ulysses - James Joyce- Limitation 500 - £495 in Folio Society Devotees (January 2022)
Ulysses - latest edition. in Folio Society Devotees (January 2022)
James Joyce in Geeks who love the Classics (December 2021)
James Joyce: Dubliners in Literary Centennials (April 2014)
James Joyce Legacy Library in Legacy Libraries (September 2013)
The challenge that is Ulysses in Literary Snobs (February 2012)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in Someone explain it to me... (September 2011)
Happy Bloomsday, everybody! in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (June 2011)
Allusions to Ulysses in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (May 2009)
Reviews
3.5. A lit of great stuff about coming of age, wrestling with your inner demons, and artistic development. But a lot of it went over my head.
Stephen Dedalus, being James Joyce's alter ego, is a study in personal and spiritual growth. The subtext is one of sexual awakening; a coming of age, if you will. Stephen navigates life with contradictory moments of trepidation and vigor. He believes that in order to be a great artist one needs to suffer for the art. A self imposed exile and abandonment of family is critical for success. Not unlike Joyce's own journey to becoming an accomplished author.
The trick to reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is to not take every sentence as gospel. Every detail is not going to be on some final exam. Read Joyce like you are on an acid trip. Tiptoe across the run-on sentences and uber microscopic details and you will be just fine. If it helps, Joyce was experimenting with different ways to write literature. They didn't always make sense.… (more)
The trick to reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is to not take every sentence as gospel. Every detail is not going to be on some final exam. Read Joyce like you are on an acid trip. Tiptoe across the run-on sentences and uber microscopic details and you will be just fine. If it helps, Joyce was experimenting with different ways to write literature. They didn't always make sense.… (more)
Can't say I fully grasped all of it, but I still liked it a great deal.
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There are numerous companion guides available, for what they are worth, but these do little more than raise the question of whether this is a quest worth pursuing.
There was a discernible change throughout the Arts around the turn of 20th cenutry, in painting, in music and in written word. Calling this 'Modernism' is not helpful. Over time, the visual art of this period of change has fared well and over time it turned out the people were willing and able able to decode modern paintings sympathetically. Such was not the case with orchestral music and the result is that further orchestral music has effectvely died out, being supplanted by other forms of music.
Such was also the fate of experiments in the written word - as with music, a cul-de sac was created. It turned out that there was a level of incomprehension and dissonance which hardly anybody could be bothered to tolerate.
it is not a virtue of any art work to be incomprehensible. Finnegan's Wake remains nothing more than a botched, failed laboratory experiment which produced nothing of value.
The book still has its champions. Try and read the first 50 - even 20- pages and you will know whether it is worth devoting any more time to it. Trust your instincts.… (more)