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Joyce in America : cultural politics and the trials of Ulysses

When James Joyce's Ulysses was first published in America, it quickly became a dynamic symbol of both modern art and the modern age. Jeffrey Segall skillfully demonstrates how various political, ideological, and religious allegiances influenced the critical reception and eventual canonization of what is perhaps the twentieth century's greatest novel. In re-creating the polemical debates that erupted, Segall provides a dramatic
eBook, English, ©1993
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©1993
History
1 online resource (x, 208 pages)
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Introduction: The Polemics of Our Portraits
1. "James Joyce or Socialist Realism?" Marxist Aesthetics and the Problem of Ulysses
2. "Kulturbolschewismus Is Here": Joyce and American Cultural Conservatism
3. Between Marxism and Modernism: Joyce and the Dissident Left
4. "On the Side of the Angels": Joyce and the New Critics
5. The High Priest of Their Imagination: Joyce and His Catholic Critics
Conclusion: The Politics of Parallax, or the Transubstantiation of Joyce's Political Soul
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