Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism: Reading Joyce After the Cold War
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism: Reading Joyce After the Cold War
By (Author) Prof. M. Keith Booker
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th January 2000
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
823.912
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
539g
Description
A reassessment of the work of James Joyce, especially "Ulysses", in the light of postcolonial and Marxist literary theory. It explores the influence of Cold War anticommunism on previous readings of Joyce in the West. Focusing on Karl Radek's criticisms of Joyce, the volume begins with a detailed discussion of the rejection of Joyce's writings by many leftist critics. It then examines those aspects of "Ulysses" that can be taken as a diagnosis and criticism of the social ills brought to Ireland by British capitalism. The following chapters explore Joyce's language as part of his critique of capitalism, the role of history in his works, the failure of Joyce to represent the lower classes of colonial Dublin, and the political implications of Joyce's writings.
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Author Bio
M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and literary theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (1994), The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism (1994), Bakhtin, Stalin, and Modern Russian Fiction: Carnival, Dialogism, and History (1995), The Modern British Novel of the Left: A Research Guide (1998), The Modern American Novel of the Left: A Research Guide (1999), and Film and the American Left: A Research Guide (1999), all available from Greenwood Press.
