Professor Bowen's style is simple and clear, allowing Joycean artifice to speak for itself. The volume includes a bibliography.

Barth's complex, controversial novels are interpreted, with reference to to recurring themes and attention to Barth criticism, to guide the intelligent reader through these virtuoso presentations of the narrative process.

Mr. Bowen's aim is to place in perspective the enormous range of Colum's work, as has not been done before, and to assess critically its literary and historical position.

With an eye on keeping the science accessible to all, the book contains background chapters on concepts in science that feed into the analysis of literature.

Describes Irish authors who wrote mainly in the English language, foreign authors who made a significant contribution to Irish literature, and articles on general topics important to the literature.

In these retrospective essays, Zack Bowen, the leading expert on Joyce and music, describes this bond between music and Joyce's fiction, explaining how musical allusions inform both individual passages and the theme or structure of entire ...