{"product_id":"james-joyce-and-the-exilic-michael-patrick-gillespie-9780813060651","title":"James Joyce and the Exilic Imagination","description":"\"As Gillespie combines national, geographical, and historical contexts with close readings of Joyce's works, the theme of exile takes on unexpected nuances, from spiritual displacements in Joyce's neglected play \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e to the trials of dealing with a 'foreign' language in \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Margot Norris, editor of \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Casts significant new light on Joyce's writings by bringing out memorable ways in which the literal experience of exile enabled Joyce to recast retrospectively the exilic quality of living in Ireland, not simply as alienation but as a mixture of rancor and affection that colors the lives in all his fiction.\"--John Paul Riquelme, editor of \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The argument is buttressed by numerous readings of crucial passages whose meaning becomes more ambiguous or indeterminate when Joyce's standing as an exile is taken into consideration. An important work of critical revaluation.\"--Patrick A. McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eUlysses: Portals of Discovery\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Joyce left Dublin in 1904 in self-imposed exile. Though he never permanently returned to Ireland, he continued to characterize its capital city in his prose throughout the rest of his life. This volume elucidates the ways Joyce wrote about his homeland with conflicting bitterness and affection--a common ambivalence in expatriate authors, whose time in exile tends to reshape their creative approach to the world. Yet this duality has not been explored in Joyce's work until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first book to read Joyce's writing through the lens of exile studies, \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce and the Exilic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the tendency of scholars to stress the writer's negative view of Ireland. Instead, it showcases the often-overlooked range of emotional attitudes imbuing Joyce's work and argues that attentiveness to these oscillating perspectives is necessary for a full understanding of Joyce's canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Patrick Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813060656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813060651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Michael Patrick Gillespie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926381592831,"sku":"9780813060651","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_48594657-7ade-4b26-b3cd-0b4a2158d7a5.jpg?v=1681082764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-joyce-and-the-exilic-michael-patrick-gillespie-9780813060651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}