Scholars of English literature present studies reflecting the recent recognition that Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) had a political bone in his body after all. Their topics include the construction of female identity in his writings, the problem of identity under colonialism, and the importance of postmodern political ideals in his Ulysses and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)