National Book Award Non Fiction Winner
James Joyce
by Richard Ellmann
Summary
Widely considered one of the greatest literary biographies ever written, this book provides an exhaustive and deeply human look at the life and work of the man who revolutionized the modern novel.
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Historical Context & Significance
Ellmann's work set a new "gold standard" for literary biography; he was the first to show how Joyce's incredibly mundane daily life was the direct source of his experimental fiction.