The Value of James Joyce

Abstract

Margot Norris' The Value of James Joyce explores the writings of James Joyce from his early poetry and short stories to his final avant-garde work, Finnegans Wake. His works include some of the most difficult and challenging texts in the English literary canon without diminishing his impressive popularity beyond the scope of academia. A democratic impulse may be counted as an important feature of this paradox: that Joyce's stylistic and linguistic experiments never lose their focus on a world of characters whose everyday activities comprise the stories of life in Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, even as some of the most famous texts are given structures derived from Ancient Greek literature. The Value of James Joyce examines not only the significance of the ostensibly ordinary but the function of natural and urban spaces, classical and popular culture, and the moods, voice, and language that give Joyce's works their widespread appeal.

Mary Astell on Neighborly Love

“…At some time between writing this essay (Norris 1683) and writing the Theory and Regulation of Love (Norris 1688), Norris first read Malebranche (Mander 2008, p. 10). In (Malebranche 1700), Norris found a way to explain how God alone is worthy of our love and is the only source of goodness and happiness.…”

Nota editorial

“…-James Joyce La trascendencia de la obra del escritor irlandés James Joyce y la vitalidad de la producción artística y académica inspirada en la misma se tornan evidentes con sólo echar un vistazo a algunas de las publicaciones que han aparecido en la última década y en diversos países. Margot Norris (2016) considera que el valor de la obra de Joyce "reside en su enorme esfuerzo por enriquecer nuestro concepto de lo humano" (6), 1 así como en la peculiar habilidad del autor para atraer la atención tanto de los especialistas como de los lectores en general. En la escritura de Joyce coexiste la sofisticación estética -que se hace patente en la complejidad de su prosa-con un fuerte sentido de lo popular y lo doméstico "que brinda a casi toda su escritura el espíritu del habla cotidiana" (Norris, 2016: 4).…”