{"id":13215,"date":"2021-01-01T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=13215"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:19:14","slug":"featured-james-joyce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-james-joyce\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: JAMES JOYCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"first3words\">James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet. He is considered to be one of the most influential modernist writers of the first part of the 20th century. <\/span><span class=\"first3words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatR size-medium wp-image-13226\" title=\"Signed by James Joyce\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110170-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110170-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110170-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110170.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><\/span>He will be best remembered for his ground breaking novel <em>Ulysses<\/em> (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer&#8217;s <em>Odyssey<\/em> are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, perhaps most prominently the stream of consciousness technique he perfected. His fictional universe does not extend beyond Dublin, and is populated largely by characters who closely resemble family members, enemies and friends from his time there; <em>Ulysses<\/em> in particular is set with precision in the streets and alleyways of the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound in original brown cloth with gilt top edge, lettering and decorations to spine and front board. Limited Edition of 800 printed copies, signed by the author, James Joyce on the limitation page! Copy #154 in a hand numbered edition. Preface by Padraic Colum. This copy shows only the most minor shelf wear only. An early published chapter from Joyce&#8217;s famous &#8220;work in progress&#8221; that would later become Finnegan&#8217;s Wake. Very Rare!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 30034<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110176.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13218\" title=\"Anna Livia Plurabelle\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110176-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110176-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110176-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1110176.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Anna Livia Plurabelle<\/em><\/strong><em><br \/>\nJoyce, James<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Crosby Gaige, New York<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date: <\/strong>1928<br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> Hard Bound <strong><br \/>\nBook Condition:<\/strong> Good <strong><br \/>\nDust Jacket Condition:<\/strong> No jacket<strong><br \/>\nEdition:<\/strong> First Edition<br \/>\n<strong>Signed:<\/strong> Signed and numbered by James Joyce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet. He is considered to be one of the most influential modernist writers of the first part of the 20th century. He will be best remembered for his ground breaking novel Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer&#8217;s Odyssey are paralleled in an array [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recently-sold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14938,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions\/14938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}