Engaging with films can spark enthusiastic discussions, yet many moviegoers seek a deeper understanding to articulate their experiences more effectively. This book serves as a bridge between theoretical analysis and simple plot summaries, providing readers with the tools to enhance their film conversations and appreciate cinema on a more sophisticated level.
Examines the Irish novelist, James Joyce, by exploring his work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as important places where he lived and worked. This book includes: a biography of Joyce; synopses and critical discussions of all Joyce's published work; and accounts of censorship and legal battles.
Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.