James Joyce by Harry Levin

Harry Levin was referred to as 'a founder of comparative literature as a discipline' by The New York Times. And with this volume, created one of the first books to sum up the contribution of James Joyce, which remains an essential guide to the works of a great innovator of modern literature. Because Harry Levin’s view is large, as opposed to the many necessary exegeses and close textual studies, he leads the reader easily into the delights to be found in Joyce, from the comparatively simple prose of Dubliners, through Ulysses and into the complexities of Finnegans Wake.

New Directions, was and  is a publishing house with similar roots as Grove Press. An independent book publishers who were established in 1939 and based out of New York City. Started by James Laughlin after he was advised by Ezra Pound to "do something useful". 

Revised and Augmented Edition

Paperback

Second Printing

Published by New Directions, 1960