Before Joyce became famous as writer he supported himself through his other language work:
English-language teaching in Pola Trieste and Rome. The importance of James Joyce's teaching
however has been underestimated until now. The very playfulness and unconventionality that
made him a popular and successful teacher has led his pedagogy to be underrated and the
connections between his teaching and his writing have been largely neglected. James Joyce's
Teaching Life and Methods reveals the importance in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ulysses and Finnegans Wake of pedagogy and the understanding of language Joyce gained teaching
English as a Foreign Language in Berlitz schools and elsewhere.
