The Critical Writings Author:James Joyce Assembled from unpublished manuscripts, playbills, random pamphlets & obscure periodicals, this choice collection of James Joyce's little-known essays & critical writings reflects the wide-ranging mind of a pungent & often savage commentator, a master of language & a defender of his craft. Each of the fifty-seven items has an introduction by the... more » editors, explaining its genesis & relating it to the Joyce canon; there are also explanatory notes on many references in the texts.« less