Chapter 1: Parents and Children James Joyce

James Joyce (1882-1941)

James Joyce, one of the greatest twentieth-century writers, was born February 2, 1882 in Dublin, Ireland. He received a vigorous and thorough education at Clongowes Wood College, run by the influential Jesuit order. His experiences at school later formed the basis for his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1914-1915). He left Ireland in 1902 and spent most of the rest of his life in Switzerland and France. Along with A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, his best-known works are Dubliners (1914), Ulysses (1922), and Finnegans Wake (1939). Much of his work has been called "fictionalized autobiography," a quality shown in "Araby," which is selected from Dubliners. As a young child, Joyce had lived on North Richmond Street, just like the narrator of the story. The bazaar that the narrator visits actually did take place in Dublin, from May 14 to 19, 1894, when Joyce was the same age as the narrator. It was called "Araby in Dublin" and was advertised as a "Grand Oriental Fete." Joyce died January 13, 1941, in Zurich, Switzerland, apparently from complications following a stomach operation. Author Links Joycean Links This site provides links to numerous resources, including journals, hypertexts, concordances, and other Joyce sites. James Joyce Resource Center This attractive site includes links to bibliographies, articles, reviews, and other Joyce sites. Work in Progress: James Joyce This large site provides links to a variety of resources ranging from hypertexts to maps of Dublin. It also has a Multimedia Gallery that includes Joycean sounds and images.

"Counterparts" Joycean Links James Joyce Resource Center Work in Progress: James Joyce

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