James Joyce

The exile who rebuilt the novel around one city and one day at a time.

Specifications & Metrics

era

1882 – 1941

language

English (and invented)

region

Dublin, by way of Trieste, Zurich, and Paris

notable works

Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake

Core Principles & Analysis

• He left Ireland in 1904 but wrote almost nothing but Dublin.
• Ulysses was banned in Britain and the US for over a decade.
• Finnegans Wake invented a dream-English few finish and none forget.

Sources

• Wikipedia: James Joyce