{"product_id":"9781684485260-joyce-of-everyday-life","title":"The Joyce of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough a close examination of Joyce’s joyous, musical prose, Vicki Mahaffey shows how language provides us with a means of revitalizing daily experience and social interactions across a huge, diverse, everchanging world. A book for everyone who loves words, \u003ci\u003eThe Joyce of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical romp through quotidian existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Conference on Irish Studies’ Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part of James Joyce’s genius was his ability to find the poetry in everyday life. For Joyce, even a simple object like a table becomes magical, “a board that was of the birchwood of Finlandy and it was upheld by four dwarfmen of that country but they durst not move more for enchantment.” How might we learn to regain some of the child-like play with language and sense of delight in the ordinary that comes so naturally to Joyce?   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Joyce of Everyday Life \u003c\/i\u003eteaches us how to interpret seemingly mundane objects and encounters with openness and active curiosity in order to attain greater self-understanding and a fuller appreciation of others. Through a close examination of Joyce's joyous, musical prose, this book shows how language provides us with the means to revitalize daily experience and social interactions across a huge, diverse, and everchanging world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Acclaimed Joyce scholar Vicki Mahaffey demonstrates how his writing might prompt us to engage in a different kind of reading, treating words and fiction as tools for expanding the boundaries of the self with humor and feeling. A book for everyone who loves language, \u003ci\u003eThe Joyce of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical romp through quotidian existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55316046971254,"sku":"9781684485260","price":27.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34639864.jpg?v=1753253533","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781684485260-joyce-of-everyday-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}