Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Resurgence: Early Writings from the Local Government Act to the Land Act, 1898-1903
2: Where We Stand: Dubliners and the Anatomy of Irish Culture 1904-6
3: One of His Explosives: Stephen Hero and the Years of Paralysis, 1904-6
4: Desolating Certainties: The `Triestine Writings' and the Return of the Liberals 1906-12
5: Inside the Labyrinth: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 1907-14
6: The Impossibility of Union: Exiles, 1912-15
Endpiece

About the Author

Andrew Gibson was educated at Lord Williams's Grammar School, Thame and St. John's College, Oxford. He has held positions at the University of Hong Kong (1973-76), University of London, and Northwestern University and is currently Research Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Reviews

We are lucky to find so many such experts gathered here; the volumes depth and learnedness across a wide range of topics is the happy result.
*A. E. B. Coldiron, Sharp News*

Gibson's book delivers what it promises ... The Strong Spirit is essential reading if you're interested in the nationalist context in which Joyce began writing.
*Geert Lernout, James Joyce Broadsheet*

The Strong Spirit provides a compelling intellectual portrait of Joyce as he attempts to become "the artist of an emergent culture".
*Sarah Davison, The Times Literary Supplement.*

This is a much-needed intervention into thinking about Joyce's politics, and no Joycean, or scholar of Irish studies generally, should neglect it ... Essential.
*J.M. Utell, CHOICE*

Gibson treats both Joyce and the history of the nation of his birth with great precision and understanding ... A work of exemplary scholarship, The Strong Spirit will be read with great interest by Joyceans and students of Irish literature, but should prove no less rewarding to anyone with an interest in how literature and history intersect.
*Steven Morrison, SHARP News*