A Taste of Literary Genius - The James Joyce Factor

James Joyce is one of those unforgettable figures in literary history. He was everything and he was nothing. He was Ireland to the core, but he was exiled from his homeland. He poured pure genius into his works of literature, but the accessibility level is such that many readers don't get past the first lines of his most controversial works. In short, he was the sort of literate, educated man from whom we could all learn; and we SHOULD learn a great deal more from him than we have...

John Thornton writes: "a look at Dubliners reveals that, together with his genius for destruction, Joyce had an equally fecund genius for structure, for narrative--pure, simple and clear."

Read the full review, and then read more about Dubliners, and James Joyce.

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