Michael J. O'Shea is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Communications at Drexel University. He is a member of the Heraldry Society in England and a founding member of the Heraldry Society of Ireland.
James Joyce and Heraldry demonstrates that heraldry is an essential key to the symbols of Joyce's major works. It is a clear, witty introduction to heraldry and the use of heraldic imagery by Western writers, including Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Jonson, and Sterne. Michael...