"Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, the same literary instinct - but in Stanislaus that instinct was channeled into sober academic pursuit, while in James in evolved into gaiety, wild whimsy, and at times sodden despair." "Covering the first twenty-two years of James Joyce's life in Dublin...

Designed as a companion volume to the life and work of Irish novelist James Joyce including terms, people, places, and concepts arranged alphabetically in over 800 entries.