the complete, unabridged, original version of the first 1918 edition,
annotated, with additional content including James Joyce's Notes for Exiles.
"The great question which Joyce sought to use as the basis for a drama was that of human freedom and human dignity. It is exposed and focused in terms of love and sexual relationships."
Exiles provides interesting insights into the development of the creative gifts of a literary geniaus. Evident in the characters and their circumstances are the, perhaps controversial, details of Joyce's life. in addition, as a study of a husband and wife relationship, the play also looks back to The Dead (the final story in Dubliners) and forward to Ulysses, which Joyce began around the time of the play's composition.
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