Famous Poets: James JoyceBorn: February 2, 1882 // Died: January 13, 1941

James Joyce was born on Feb. 2nd, 1882 in Dublin, Ireland.
James Joyce's subtle yet frank portrayal of human nature, coupled with his mastery of language and brilliant development of new literary forms, made him one of the most commanding influences on novelists of the 20th century. Ulysses has come to be accepted as a major masterpiece, two of its characters, Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly, being portrayed with a fullness and warmth of humanity unsurpassed in fiction. Critical opinion remains divided over Joyce's last work, Finnegan's Wake, a universal dream about an Irish family, composed in a multilingual style on many levels and aiming at a multiplicity of meanings; but, although seemingly unintelligible at first reading, the book is full of poetry and wit, containing passages of great beauty.
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