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COSTELLO, PETER: : James Joyce: THE YEARS of GROWTH 1882-1915 - A Biography

LONDON.KYLE CATHIE LTD.,1992.

ISBN 1856260534.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but owner's circular,embossed owner stamp to title page,and no price- clip to dw/dj.B/w subject portrait illustrated dw/dj,white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Top two corners minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss, head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped and creased.Top edge lightly dust-soiled; fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - one dog-ear crease to page 245/6 corner - otherwise appears an unread copy? Bright, clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-374pp [paginated] includes preface,a prologue,Pts 1-9,16pp b/w contemporary photographs,illus, drawings in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp280/1 respectively,appendix, genealogical family tree charts, bibliography,notes on sources, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication and contents list/table. The first completely new biography of James Joyce for a generation: it will prove both controversial and essential. James Joyce left Dublin in 1904,when he was twenty-two,and for the next decade taught and worked in Pola,Trieste and Rome.He visited his native Dublin for the last time in 1912,leaving after an acrimonious dispute with a publisher and spending the rest of his life on the Continent.By the time he was thirty he had already had the vast majority of experiences on which his intensely autobigraphical literary output was based. Peter Costello,Joycean scholar and native Dubliner,draws on recently (then 1992) discovered or previously overlooked sources to show how Joyce's early life - his education,his relationship with his brothers and sisters,his youthful 'loss of faith',his first sexual experiences,his meeting with Nora Barnacle - shaped so much he was to write in later years.With the publication of his first writing in 1915 came immediate literary respect and fame in Europe and America.From then on he was always the centre of attention. But,as Petere Costello argues with conviction and passion,it was the earlier period of obscurity which provided Joyce with the material for 'Dubliners', 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man', 'Ulysses' and even the much later 'Finnegan's Wake' and was therefore the most significant and interesting period of his life.The theme of 'James Joyce: the Years of Growth' is the theme of of all Joyce's work - the transformation of raw life into art. The network of friendships surrounding Joyce's family,of which he was to make so much use in 'Ulysses',receives special attention. 'Ulysses' is very much a book about a city and a community,a community which was largely that of Joyce's father.Joyce as a writer owed a tremendous debt to his story-telling father. The majority of the characters in 'Ulysses' were friends of John Joyce,who contributed more than has been realised to the make-up of Leopold Bloom. By taking an historical rather than purely biographical approach,Peter Costello places Joyce firmly in the context of the Dublin of his youth, frequently refutes 'accepted fact' and discovers a new portrait of James Joyce. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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