The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature

James Joyce: Emerging Genius of Dublin (1x12)

Air date: Oct 31, 2016

James Joyce is perhaps the towering figure of both Modernism and 20th-century Irish literature. This first lecture on Joyce places him in the context of turn-of-the-century Dublin and his role as an artist in exile. Learn about the city as you examine his short story technique in Dubliners.