Letters of James Joyce /
edited by Stuart Gilbert
- London : Faber and Faber, 1957
- 437 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
A prolific correspondent, James Joyce saved much of what he wrote. His letters document his first experiences away from home in 1902–1903, his first meeting and courtship with Nora Barnacle beginning in 1904, his financial struggles, and his personal and professional relationships throughout his lifetime. Variously frank, cantankerous, pleading, terse, lyrical, confident, and despairing, Joyce’s letters offer a revealing window into his complex and contradictory mental landscape.