Joyce and the two Irelands / Willard Potts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potts, Willard, 1929-

Series:

Literary modernism series.

Literary modernism series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Characters--Catholics.

Joyce, James.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Characters--Protestants.

Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Knowledge--Ireland.

Catholics in literature.

Christianity and literature--Ireland--History--20th century.

Christianity and literature.

Modernism (Literature)--Ireland.

Modernism (Literature).

Nationalism in literature.

Protestants in literature.

Ireland--In literature.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Uniting Catholic Ireland and Protestant Ireland was a central idea of the "Irish Revival," a literary and cultural manifestation of Irish nationalism that began in the 1890s and continued into the early twentieth century. Yet many of the Revival's Protestant leaders, including W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and John Synge, failed to address the profound cultural differences that made uniting the two Irelands so problematic, while Catholic leaders of the Revival, particularly the journalist D. P. Moran, turned the movement into a struggle for greater Catholic power. This book fully explores James Joyce's complex response to the Irish Revival and his extensive treatment of the relationship between the "two Irelands" in his letters, essays, book reviews, and fiction up to Finnegans Wake. Willard Potts skillfully demonstrates that, despite his pretense of being an aloof onlooker, Joyce was very much a part of the Revival. He shows how deeply Joyce was steeped in his whole Catholic culture and how, regardless of the harsh way he treats the Catholic characters in his works, he almost always portrays them as superior to any Protestants with whom they appear. This research recovers the historical and cultural roots of a writer who is too often studied in isolation from the Irish world that formed him.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used

ONE. Sectarianism and the Irish Revival

TWO. The Critical Writings

THREE. Dubliners

FOUR. Stephen Hero and A Portrait of the Artist

FIVE. Exiles

SIX. Ulysses

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79893-8

OCLC:

560580679