Work in Progress contains a separate essay on each of Joyceâ??s major works (Dubliners, A PorÂtrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake), with recognized Joyce scholÂars examining in each a central critical problem. Morris Beja examines Dubliners from the perspective of the â??epiphany,â? a concept forÂmulated by the young Joyce. Richard PeterÂson finds a rhythmic flow in A Portrait that helps us see its narrative structuring more clearly. Shari and Bernard Benstock explore Ulysses to discern how movement and spaÂtiality function in its narrative. Patrick McÂCarthy considers how Finnegans Wake and its audience are necessarily symbiotic partners. In the second grouping of essays Edmund Epstein and Fritz Senn each investigate how Joyce handlesâ??or manipulatesâ??
… read more...language. Looking at three decades of criticism, MarÂgaret Church demonstrates where the study of the Viconian cycle and stream-of-conÂsciousness has led toward an understanding of the role of time in Joyceâ??s fiction. Sheldon Brivic adduces a Joycean psychology from the works that offers an additional dimension to the study of the texts. Suzette Henke traces the growing maturity of Joyceâ??s attiÂtude toward women. Completing the collecÂtion, Father Robert Boyle examines the reliÂgious ethos present in Joyceâ??s work.Read More read less...