Synopses & Reviews
Much attention has been given to Joyce's life in Dublin and Paris, but his productive years in Trieste have not received the same attention. In a thoroughly documented account, Hartshorn presents a clear, accessible study of Joyce's love/hate relationship with the city, the work he produced there, and the influence of Trieste on his writing.
The book begins with a brief overview of Trieste's history prior to Joyce's arrival in 1904, and follows Joyce's life there until World War I, a period in which he completed ^IDubliners^R and ^IA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man^R, and began ^IUlysses^R. Joyce then departed for the safety of Zurich and the book concludes with his brief return of eight months to Trieste in 1919. Hartshorn has drawn from many previously untapped sources, providing a fascinating look at Joyce's Trieste years that no other Joyce biographer has yet to reveal.
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His research is admirable and, for the foreseeable future, this short, readable book should be the major authority on an extrememly important period of Joyce's life....Recommended for undergraduate and graduate collections.Choice
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Well-written, well-documented, including a map and pictures of Joyce's Trieste as well as an exhaustive bibliography of relevant reference works, Hartshorn's study is solid work of scholarship that completes our picture of a key modernist during his formative years.English Literature in Transition
About the Author
PETER HARTSHORN is an English Instructor at Showa Institute in Boston.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Zack Bowen
Introduction
Roman Roots
The Dubliner
Exile
A Triestine
Another Joyce in Trieste
Italian Interlude
Joyce as Journalist
Schmitz-Svevo
Of Bloom and Politics
The Return of the Native
A Brother's Keeper
Irish Tempers
Mystery Lady
Finally, Dubliners
Besieged
The War Years
Fame Beckons
Paris-Trieste
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index