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Dotter of Her Father's Eyes

Mary Talbot, Bryan Talbot

Contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Medicine -> Medicine & Public HealthFamily BiographyFamily, Childhood & AdoptionBiography & Public Lives

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Costa Book Awards: Biography2012Co-winnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Lucia Joyce78%
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    • James S. Atherton40%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

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    The book contrasts the coming-of-age narratives of Lucia Joyce and Mary Talbot, both daughters of eminent James S. Atherton and James Joyce respectively.

    Model confidence 44%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 48%.