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BIOGRAPHY/LITERATURE"The greatest literary biography of the century."Anthony Burgess, The Observer"The pleasure afforded by James Joyce's works shows no sign of diminution,"writes Richard Ellmann. "He exhibits the staying power associated with thegreatest of writers. In working over these pages, I have felt all my affection forhim renewed."Upon its publication in 1959, Ellmann's Joyce was recognized as theprincipal study of Joyce's life and a masterpiece of literary biography. Therevised edition contains 100 new pages of text and notes and 87 new illustrations.There are details of a failed love affair, a dream notebook, previouslyunknown letters, and much more, bringing this masterwork up to date for anew generation to enjoy."The genius of 'Ellmann's Joyce' is its abundance of detail—its wealth ofanecdotes and letters, recovered conversations and poems. It's a pleasure tosalute this masterly book as it marches past again." Newsweek"A superlatively good biography of Joyce ... Mr. Ellmann . .. fixes Joyce's imagefor a generation." Frank Kermode, The Spectator"A work of exacting scholarship which is also a humane and liberating document.Joyce found the proper biographer, and there can be no higher praise."The Washington Post"Engages every aspect of Joyce's life and interests (literary, amatory, political,domestic) . . . a great feat of twentieth-century literary scholarship."Christopher Ricks, Grand StreetWinner of the James Tait Blackand the Duff Cooper Memorial PrizesRichard Ellmann is the editor of The New Oxford Book of American Verse andauthor of The Consciousness of Joyce, Ulysses on the Liffey, The Identityof Yeats, and many other books. He is Goldsmiths' Professor of EnglishLiterature, Oxford University, and Woodruff Professor of English, EmoryUniversity.Cover photograph from the Harley K. Croessmann Collection ofJames Joyce, Special Collections, Morris Library, Southern IllinoisUniversity at Carbondale.A Galaxy Book • Oxford University Press • New YorkGB 149/$14.95 ISBN 0-19-503381-7