Bernard Benstock (1930 – July 14, 1994) was a literary critic and professor of

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and an authority on British

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and Irish writers

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. Benstock was editor of the ''James Joyce Literary Supplement'' and a co-founder of the International James Joyce Foundation, where he served as president for eight years. He died on July 14, 1994 at the age of 64, in South Egremont, Massachusetts.

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, Bernstock's wife, donated about 1,500 documents of his to the Roberto Ruffilli Library in Forli, Italy.

Major works

* * * * Benstock, Bernard, and Staley, Thomas F., eds. (1976). ''Approaches to Joyce's Portrait: Ten Essays''. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. * * * * *

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