Joyce and the G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover's Manipulation of Modernism

Several years ago on a whim, Culleton requested James Joyce's FBI file. Hoover had Joyce under surveillance as a suspected Communist, and the chain of cross-references that Culleton followed from Joyce's file lead her to obscenity trials and, less obviously, to a plot to assassinate Irish labour leader James Larkin. Hoover devoted a great deal of energy to keeping watch on intellectuals and considered literature to be dangerous on a number of levels. Joyce and the G-Men explores how these linkages are indicative of the culture of the FBI under Hoover, and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism.

Author: C. Culleton
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/19/2004
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780312235536

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 149
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 659

About the Author
CLAIRE A. CULLETON is Professor and Graduate Studies Coordinator in the Department of English at Kent State University, USA.