Michael Groden (30 May 1947 – 25 March 2021) was a distinguished professor of English at the
University of Western Ontario
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.
Life and career
Born in Buffalo, New York on 30 May 1947, Groden received a B.A. from
Dartmouth College
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(''magna cum laude'') in 1969 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from
Princeton University
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in 1975, where he studied James Joyce's writing methods through close textual analyses of his manuscripts under the supervision of
A. Walton Litz
Arthur Walton Litz, Jr. (October 31, 1929, in Nashville, Tennessee – June 4, 2014) was an American literary historian and critic who served as professor of English Literature at Princeton University from 1956 to 1993. He was the author or ed ...
.
He is known for his involvement in the envisioning and development of James Joyce's ''
Ulysses
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'' as
hypertext
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and
hypermedia
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with
William H. Quillian and other scholars from around the world. Groden was also an advisor to the
National Library of Ireland
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in their acquisition of a large collection of James Joyce manuscripts in 2002.
Groden wrote extensively of his life, his lifelong analysis of ''
Ulysses
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* Ulysse ...
'', and his relationship with the poet, essayist and biographer
Molly Peacock
Molly Peacock (born Buffalo, New York 1947) is an American-Canadian poet, essayist, biographer and speaker, whose multi-genre literary life also includes memoir, short fiction, and a one-woman show.
Career
Peacock's latest book is Flower Diary ...
in his memoir, ''The Necessary Fiction: Life with James Joyce's Ulysses'' (2019). Peacock also wrote of their relationship and marriage in ''The Paper Garden'' (2011) and in ''Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door'' (2021). They lived together in Toronto until his death on 25 March 2021.
Groden was the recipient of an honorary D.Litt degree from
University College Dublin
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in 2004, the centenary of
Bloomsday
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; in 2007, he was made a
fellow
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of the
Royal Society of Canada
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. His James Joyce papers will be deposited at the
University at Buffalo
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and his teaching papers at the
University of Western Ontario
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.
Publications
*''The Necessary Fiction: Life with James Joyce's Ulysses'', Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd., 2019, (hardcover), (paperback).
*''Ulysses in Focus: Genetic, Textual and Personal Views'', University Press of Florida, 2010,
*Co-Editor, with Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman
''The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism'' Johns Hopkins Press, 2005-2012,
"The National Library of Ireland's New Joyce Manuscripts: An Outline and Archive Comparisons" in ''Joyce Studies Annual'', Vol. 14 (Summer 2003), pp. 5–17.
*''James Joyce's Manuscripts: An Index'', Taylor and Francis, 1980,
*General Editor, with Hans Walter Gabler, David Hayman,
A. Walton Litz
Arthur Walton Litz, Jr. (October 31, 1929, in Nashville, Tennessee – June 4, 2014) was an American literary historian and critic who served as professor of English Literature at Princeton University from 1956 to 1993. He was the author or ed ...
, and Danis Rose, ''The James Joyce Archive''; 63 volumes; Garland Publishing, 1977-1979.
*''Ulysses in Progress'', Princeton University Press, 1977. Princeton Legacy Library edition, 2014.
See also
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Modernist literature
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*
Modernist poetry
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References
External links
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Problems Of Annotation In a Digital Ulysses (Hypermedia Joyce Studies)'
1947 births
Living people
Modernism
Literary critics of English
Canadian literary critics
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
James Joyce scholars
Princeton University alumni
Dartmouth College alumni
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