Exiles

Literary Classics

By:

James Joyce

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Literary Classics

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The only extant play by the great Irish novelist, "Exiles" is of interest both for its autobiographical content and for formal reason. In the characters and their circumstances details of Joyce's life are evident. The main character, Richard Rowan, the moody, tormented writer who is at odds with both his wife and the parochial Irish society around him, is clearly a portrait of Joyce himself. The character of Rowan's wife, Bertha, is certainly influenced by Joyce's lover and later wife, Nora Barnacle, with whom he left Ireland and lived a seminomadic existence in Zurich, Rome, Trieste, and Paris. As in real life, the play depicts the couple with a young son and, like Joyce, Rowan has returned to Ireland because of his mother's illness and subsequent death. Though lesser-known, "Exiles", written after "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and while Joyce was working on "Ulysses", provides interesting insights into the development of the creative gifts of a literary genius.

Author Biography:

James Joyce (1882 - 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, playright, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the twentieth century. He is the author of Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnigan's Wake, among other works.

Release date Australia

May 1st, 2003

Author

James Joyce

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

162

Series

Literary Classics

Dimensions

142x207x9

ISBN-13

9781591020752

Product ID

2698175

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