A Reader's Guide to James Joyce (Irish Studies) [Paperback]

William York Tindall (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815603207
• ISBN-13: 978-0815603207
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WHAT CAN HE MEAN?, January 23, 2008

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This review is from: A Reader's Guide to James Joyce (Irish Studies) (Paperback)

Though not essential, this certainly is helpful in understanding Joyce, if that is possible. I did find myself referring to it less and less as I read more & more of Joyce. I was going to go back and reread this all the way through, but like many of my intentions..... Definitely worthwhile for a student, useful to the casual reader of Joyce.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tindall was one of the greats re Joyce, October 22, 1999

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This review is from: A Reader's Guide to James Joyce (Irish Studies) (Paperback)

Buy this one, and also seek out his "Reader's Guide to 'Finnegans Wake'". Pretty much essential, I'd say. Well written, informative, and strangely fun. Wish I could've met Tindall! "In risu veritas."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Understanding" Joyce, April 26, 2001

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This review is from: A Reader's Guide to James Joyce (Irish Studies) (Paperback)

The book is a clear and compelling guide to Joyce's main works. Tindall's enthusiasm is contagious.

"...Ulysses offers something of value to someone. What part of this is received depends upon the capacity, experience, and taste of the receiver. Homeric similie: as a radio station of great power broadcasts in vain unless a receiver is there with the power on and all the tubes in order; as the power and quality of the receiver are the success of the broadcast; so with Ulysses and the reader."

"For me the significance of the form Joyce made and I all but apprehend is a humane and charitable understanding of mankind that makes me glad to be alive and part of it. Charity, for me, is the radiance of this great whole, this intricate harmony."