University Press of Florida Exiles: A Critical Edition (The Florida James Joyce Series)

Product Description This is the first critical edition of Exiles, Joyce’s only extant play and his least appreciated work. A. Nicholas Fargnoli and Michael Patrick Gillespie contend that the play deserves the same serious study as Joyce’s fiction and stands on the cutting edge of modern drama.Their introduction situates Exiles in the context of Irish history and Joyce’s other works, highlighting its often-overlooked complexity. The text of the play is newly annotated and unregularized, appearing as Joyce originallyintended. Containing a variety of critical responses to the text, including an interview with a recent director of the play, this edition establishes Exiles as an important component of Joyce’s canon. Review "Fargnoli and Gillespie have gifted us what should become the standard text of Exiles. For the first time, the play is available to us as Joyce wanted it to appear."--Irish Studies Review"A fitting tribute to the 100th anniversary of Exiles."--English Literature in Transition"Provide[s] us . . . with a remarkably established text as well as with the reprinting of some outstanding, thought-provoking essays."--James Joyce Quarterly"This companion represents an excellent place for new readers to begin and for lapsed Joyceans to renew their acquaintance with this provocative play."--James Joyce Literary Supplement About the Author A. Nicholas Fargnoli is dean of the Division of Humanities at Molloy College, USA. He is author and editor of several books, including “Ulysses” in Critical Perspective.Michael Patrick Gillespie is director of the Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment at Florida International University, USA. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including James Joyce and the Exilic Imagination.