Critical Companion to James Joyce examines this groundbreaking Irish novelist by exploring his work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as important places where he lived and worked. In this single-volume reference, admirers, general readers, and lovers of literature will discover hundreds of entries covering every aspect of Joyce's life and work.

Coverage includes:
A biography of Joyce
Synopses and critical discussions of all Joyce's published work, with extensive analyses of the major fiction titles
Profiles of significant members of Joyce's family and social circle
Discussions of intellectual and literary influences on Joyce
Accounts of censorship and legal battles
Characters in his fiction.

Additional material includes:
A working outline of Finnegans Wake
The Ulysses schema