James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Construction of Jewish Identity

By Neil R. Davison

Book Overview

Representations of the Jew have long been a topic of interest in Joyce studies. Neil Davison argues that Joyce's lifelong encounter with pseudo-scientific, religious, and political discourse about the Jew forms a unifying component of his career. He offers new biographical material, and presents a detailed reading of Ulysses to show how Joyce confronts the controversy of race, the psychology of internalized stereotype, and the contradictions of fin-de-si?cle anti-Semitism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521636205
• ISBN13: 9780521636209
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.8"