James Joyce - Ulysses/A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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In this Readers' Guide, John Coyle brings together essays and extracts from some of the central secondary writings on Joyce's major novel.In this Readers' Guide, John Coyle brings together essays and extracts from some of the central secondary writings on Joyce's major novel. In addition to the treatment of Ulysses, the Guide also covers the critical responses to Joyce's earlier novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, exploring the relationship between the two works and examining some of the critical thinking on Joyce's techniques.