Bøger af Roy K. Gottfried

A study of the comedic in ""Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"". Focusing on the novel's narrative structure, it argues that, far from being a solemn work, Joyce's early masterpiece is covertly but determinedly comic.

Ulysses was written and proofread when Joyce's vision was impaired by iritis. The illness required him to use a magnifying glass to enlarge words, separating them out of context and distorting the simple letters. This study considers the effects of Joyce's illness on the text of ""Ulysses"".

Takes a different and controversial approach to the study of James Joyce's relation to religion by examining the author's misbelief rather than the disbelief so many scholars claim he professed. This work argues that Joyce in fact had a great deal of respect for the Catholic Church though he did not accept the orthodox dogma he learned as a youth.