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James Joyce
AuthorBooks · Second hand1882-1941
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. His other well-known works include the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include two books of poetry, a play, correspondence, and occasional journalism.
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About James Joyce
Birth
1882
Death
1941
First book
1904
Years writing
122
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. His other well-known works include the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include two books of poetry, a play, correspondence, and occasional journalism.
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James Joyce was born in Rathgar, Ireland, in 1882 and became a central figure of the modernist avant-garde.
His masterpiece, Ulysses, is a literary landmark that reimagines Homer's Odyssey through diverse narrative styles.
Joyce was a versatile author who excelled as a novelist, poet, journalist, and literary critic.
He is globally renowned for popularizing the stream of consciousness technique in 20th-century literature.
Beyond his iconic novels, his legacy includes short story collections like Dubliners and several books of poetry.
