# Michael Groden > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Groden > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michael_Groden.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Groden > Source revision: 1345294391 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer | name = Michael Groden | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = Michael Groden | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|05|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|03|25|1947|05|30|df=yes}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Canada | occupation = [Professor](/source/Professor) | nationality = | period = | genre = 19th & 20th century [British literature](/source/British_literature)
History of criticism and [critical theory](/source/critical_theory) | subject = [James Joyce](/source/James_Joyce) | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | website = | spouse = {{marriage|[Molly Peacock](/source/Molly_Peacock)|1992}} }} '''Michael Groden''' (30 May 1947 – 25 March 2021) was a distinguished professor of English at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario). ==Life and career== Born in Buffalo, New York on 30 May 1947, Groden received a B.A. from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) (''magna cum laude'') in 1969 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 1975, where he studied James Joyce's writing methods through close textual analyses of his manuscripts under the supervision of [A. Walton Litz](/source/A._Walton_Litz).{{Cite news |title=Michael Groden obituary: A major figure in James Joyce scholarship for more than 40 years |publisher=The Irish Times |date= 29 April 2021 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/michael-groden-obituary-a-major-figure-in-james-joyce-scholarship-for-more-than-40-years-1.4551308 |access-date=9 September 2021}} He is known for his involvement in the envisioning and development of James Joyce's ''[Ulysses](/source/Ulysses_(novel))'' as [hypertext](/source/hypertext) and [hypermedia](/source/hypermedia) with [William H. Quillian](/source/William_H._Quillian) and other scholars from around the world. Groden was also an advisor to the [National Library of Ireland](/source/National_Library_of_Ireland) in their acquisition of a large collection of James Joyce manuscripts in 2002.{{Cite magazine |author=D.T. Max |title=The Injustice Collector |magazine=The New Yorker |date=19 June 2006|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/19/the-injustice-collector |access-date=9 September 2021}} Groden wrote extensively of his life, his lifelong analysis of ''[Ulysses](/source/Ulysses_(novel))'', and his relationship with the poet, essayist and biographer [Molly Peacock](/source/Molly_Peacock) in his memoir, ''The Necessary Fiction: Life with James Joyce's Ulysses'' (2019). Peacock also wrote of their relationship and marriage in ''The Paper Garden'' (2011) and in ''Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door'' (2021). They lived together in Toronto until his death on 25 March 2021. Groden was the recipient of an honorary D.Litt. degree from [University College Dublin](/source/University_College_Dublin) in 2004, the centenary of [Bloomsday](/source/Bloomsday); in 2007, he was made a [fellow](/source/fellow) of the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada). His James Joyce papers will be deposited at the [University at Buffalo](/source/University_at_Buffalo) and his teaching papers at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario). ==Publications== *''The Necessary Fiction: Life with James Joyce's Ulysses'', Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd., 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-911454-39-7}} (hardcover), {{ISBN|978-1-913087-52-4}} (paperback). *''Ulysses in Focus: Genetic, Textual and Personal Views'', University Press of Florida, 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-8130-4172-8}} *Co-Editor, with Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, [https://litguide.press.jhu.edu ''The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism''], Johns Hopkins Press, 2005–2012, {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8010-0}} *[https://www.jstor.org/stable/26285201 "The National Library of Ireland's New Joyce Manuscripts: An Outline and Archive Comparisons"], in ''Joyce Studies Annual'', Vol. 14 (Summer 2003), pp. 5–17. *''James Joyce's Manuscripts: An Index'', Taylor and Francis, 1980, {{ISBN|978-0-8240-9540-6}} *General Editor, with Hans Walter Gabler, David Hayman, [A. Walton Litz](/source/A._Walton_Litz), and Danis Rose, ''The James Joyce Archive''; 63 volumes; Garland Publishing, 1977–1979. *''Ulysses in Progress'', Princeton University Press, 1977. Princeton Legacy Library edition, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-691-63797-6}} ==See also== * [Modernist literature](/source/Modernist_literature) * [Modernist poetry](/source/Modernist_poetry) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.michaelgroden.com/}} * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040502101352/http://www.geocities.com/hypermedia_joyce/groden.html Problems Of Annotation In a Digital Ulysses (Hypermedia Joyce Studies)]'' * [https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June05/Hyper_Joyce.dea.html Joyce as hypertext: The digital age followed in his 'Wake] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Groden, Michael}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Modernism Category:Literary critics of English Category:Canadian literary critics Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Category:Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Category:James Joyce scholars Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Dartmouth College alumni {{Canada-academic-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michael Groden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Groden) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Groden?action=history)). 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