The Joyce of Everyday Lifeby Vicki Mahaffey
“A persuasive case that [Joyce’s] writing is best embraced in a spirit of lively amusement. . . . [Mahaffey] has produced in The Joyce of Everyday Life an innovative new lens through which to view Ireland’s most iconic literary export anew.”
—The Irish Times, August 23, 2025
The Joyce of Everyday Life
by Vicki Mahaffey
“In The Joyce of Everyday Life, Mahaffey puts Joyce's entire oeuvre through a prism; she takes the words and images into which Joyce has packed so much meaning and holds that prism up to them, allowing the separate colors and layers of meaning to unfold and become apparent to her readers. In other words, her book is doing through explicating w...
Jane Austen and Comedy
Edited by Erin M. Goss
“The collection argues that [Austen’s] writings not only provoke laughter (sometimes in unsettling ways) but also encourage readers to think deeply about the social, political, and psychological purposes of comedy, and why certain styles of humor give us pleasure. This approach illustrates Austen’s mastery as a comedic writer and invites read...
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