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'''James''' Augustine Aloysius '''Joyce''' (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for ''Ulysses'' (1922). The title alludes to ''Odysseus'' (Latinised into ''Ulysses''), the hero of Homer’s ''Odyssey'', and establishes a series of parallels between characters and events in Homer’s poem and Joyce’s novel.
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'''James''' Augustine Aloysius '''Joyce''' (1882 – 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. He is best known for his novel ''Ulysses''.  
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
;Books by Joyce
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; Books by Joyce
* ''Dubliners'', 1914
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* ''Dubliners'', 1914.
* ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'', 1916
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* ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'', 1916.
* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9790 ''Ulysses''], 1922
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* [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9790 ''Ulysses''], 1918–.
* ''Finnegans Wake'', 1939
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* ''Finnegans Wake'', 1939.
;Books about Joyce
 
* Richard Ellmann, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=8431 ''James Joyce''], 1959/1982
 
  
==Links==
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; Books about Joyce
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_joyce Joyce on Wikipedia]
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* Richard Ellmann, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=8431 ''James Joyce''], 1959/1982.
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==External links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_joyce Joyce at Wikipedia]

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Joyce in Zurich, c1918
Born February 2, 1882(1882-02-02)
Dublin
Died January 13, 1941(1941-01-13) (aged 58)
Zürich

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 – 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. He is best known for his novel Ulysses.

Literature

Books by Joyce
  • Dubliners, 1914.
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916.
  • Ulysses, 1918–.
  • Finnegans Wake, 1939.
Books about Joyce

External links