Joyce and the Jews. Culture and Texts

Nadel, Ira B. Joyce and the Jews. Culture and Texts. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989. First edition. Octavo. XII, 290pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Captivating work in which the author traces Joyce’s exodus from Ireland and discusses his recognition of “historical consciousness” on the part of the Jews as it emerged in the 19th century. He reveals the archetypal figure of Moses throughout Joyce’s work, illuminating the rabbinical and Judaic textuality that Joyce used in his attention to language, metonymic strategies, and constant intertextuality. Nadel also describes Joyce’s “idea of the Jew”, providing valuable insight into his use of names, the changing of names, and the dropping of names which is so important in Ulysses. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (27470) $40