Travesties was born out of Stoppard's noting that in 1917 three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries -- James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin -- were all living in Zurich. Also living in Zurich at...
Joyce, James
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Auteur:Stoppard, TomSommaire: - Auteur:Abbs, AnnabelSommaire:
Lucia Joyce, daughter of Irish novelist James Joyce, is a gifted and motivated dancer, training tirelessly with some of the finest teachers in the world. Though her father delights in his daughter's talent, she clashes with her mother,...
- Auteur:O'Brien, GeorgeSommaire:
Georgetown University professor George O'Brien provides the biographical background of the four masters of Irish literature and an in-depth analysis of their greatest works. O'Brien discusses the very qualities that set these works...
- Auteur:Strathern, PaulSommaire:
A concise, expert account of Joyce's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.
