The Consciousness of Joyce (Signed copy)

1977, signed by Richard Ellmann to Morton N Cohen

Author

Richard Ellmann

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Toronto & New York, 1977

The Consciousness of Joyce (Signed copy)

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 14.5cm, 150pp.

This copy has signed by Richard Ellmann to the title page, with a further warm personal inscription from Richard Ellmann (as Dick) to Mort (Morton N Cohen, the pre-eminent Lewis Carroll scholar)

This book traces the literary ancestry of Ulysses and discusses how Joyce triangulated himself with Homer and Shakespeare. Richard Ellmann demonstrates that Joyce, far from being apolitical, was revolutionary, working in his own oblique fashion to subvert existing institutions.

Condition

The book itself is in good plus condition, with a little dusting to the pages' top edge and some minor corner creasing. The dustwrapper suffers some loss along the top edge but is now within a protective sleeve.