LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PART ONE:THE WRITER AND HIS SETTING Chronological table 1 BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND Family The Irish question Dublin Exile Ulysses Fame Conclusion 2 CULTURAL BACKGROUND Aestheticism Realism and Romanticism Symbolism The point of view Style Original sin PART TWO:CRITICAL SURVEY 3 A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN Biography and fiction Structure Symbolism Language Irony Giacomo Joyce/Exiles 4 ULYSSES A portrait of the artist as Shakespeare The Homeric outline Coincidental detail Symbolism Style The scandal of Ulysses Feminine judgement 5 FINNEGANS WAKE 6 THE MODERNITY OF JOYCE PART THEREE:REFERENCE SECTION