What did James Joyce think of Charles Dickens?

In the “Oxen of the Sun” chapter of Ulysses, Joyce traces the English language from Anglo-Saxon chant until the present day. He does take-offs on a great many writers, including a paragraph which is widely regarded as a parody of Dickens. read more

Much as I love Ulysses and this chapter in particular, I’ve always felt that Joyce was quite brutal about Dickens: plainly considering him a pandering sentimentalist. Meanwhile the skill and patience of the physician had brought about a happy accouchement. read more

Charles Dickens Great Expectations and James Joyce Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, both wrote their novels using a semi-autobiographical style, the second written in a bildungsroman style. read more