James Joyce's Dublin
Subtitle: a topographical guide to the Dublin of Ulysses : with 121 illustrations
By: Ian Gunn and Clive Hart with Harald Beck.
Contributors: Hart, Clive.; Beck, Harald.; Hart, Clive.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Joyce, James, 1882-1941.; Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland -- Dublin.; Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Knowledge -- Dublin (Ireland); Authors, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland -- Dublin.; Literary landmarks -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Guidebooks.; Dublin (Ireland) -- In literature -- Guidebooks.; Dublin (Ireland) -- Guidebooks.
Genres: Guidebooks.
Description: "In James Joyce's Dublin, published on the centenary of the novel's action, Ian Gunn and Clive Hart examine the importance of its basis in physical fact. The characters, many of them Dubliners appearing under their own names, visit shops and pubs which can be precisely located in the streets of Dublin. Despite the refurbishment of the city in recent decades, some of those establishments remain. James Joyce's Dublin offers a full account of them all and analyses their significance in the narrative. This close scrutiny reveals many otherwise hidden relationships and ironies." "James Joyce's Dublin includes an analysis of Joyce's use of Thom's Official Directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; an account of the characters' movements episode by episode; an alphabetical list of the postal addresses of characters and places; a timetable of corresponding events; a note about unresolved problems; a detailed set of maps based on originals from early in the twentieth century; and a selection of historical illustrations, mainly of places and monuments that no longer survive. These tools enable the reader to approach more fully the perspective of the native Dubliner in 1904 and enhance the understanding - of Joyce's novel."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-96).
"A version of this book was published as A topographical guide to James Joyce's Ulysses in 1975.  This ed. has been completely redesigned and includes photographs as well as new drawings and texts."--T.p. verso.