James Joyce: A Political Life
A historian of Parnell argues that Joyce was politically engaged all along, and that Parnellism structures the fiction rather than merely decorating its background.
Callanan, a historian of Parnell, argues that Joyce was far more politically engaged than the apolitical-aesthete reading allows, and that Parnellism runs through the fiction as a structuring commitment rather than a background detail. He died before publication, and the book stands as the fullest case yet that Joyce was writing a critique of Irish nationalism from the inside.
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Tyler Cowen
An excellent book, and it truly induces us to revalue Joyce and understand him in a new light. Joyce was in fact highly politically conscious, heavily influenced by Parnellism, and in part writing a critique of Irish nationalism from an internal perspective.
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