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Sport in the Novels of James Joyce: A Discourse Theoretical Approach

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 443 - 460

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/17511321.2021.1981988

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Among the many themes in which the Irish modernist novelist, James Joyce, was intellectually and emotionally engaged, the issue of British imperialism and Irish nationalism was paramount. While Joyce despised the English colonial occupation of his country, he was equally dismissive of a mythical Iri...

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