Joyce and the G-Men
| Author | : C. Culleton |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2004-07-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781403973498 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1403973490 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (490 Downloads) |
Download or read book Joyce and the G-Men written by C. Culleton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years ago on a whim, Culleton requested James Joyce's FBI file. Hoover had Joyce under surveillance as a suspected Communist, and the chain of cross-references that Culleton followed from Joyce's file lead her to obscenity trials and, less obviously, to a plot to assassinate Irish labour leader James Larkin. Hoover devoted a great deal of energy to keeping watch on intellectuals and considered literature to be dangerous on a number of levels. Joyce and the G-Men explores how these linkages are indicative of the culture of the FBI under Hoover, and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism.
