<i>A Companion to James Joyce</i> offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentieth- and twenty-first-century literatures. <ul> <li>Brings together 25 newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field</li> <li>Explores Joyce's distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world</li> <li>A comprehensive and timely Companion to current debates and possible areas of future development in Joyce studies</li> <li>Offers new critical readings of several of Joyce's works, including <i>Dubliners</i>, <i>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,</i> and <i>Ulysses</i></li> </ul>