James Joyce (1882-1941)

Joyce was born in Dublin on February 2, 1882, the son of a poverty-stricken civil servant.James Joyce was the first who introduce the psychological discoveries of S. Freud into fiction.As an undergraduate Joyce published essays on literature.He was educated at Jesuit schools, including University College, Dublin.Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, he broke with the church while he was in college.In 1904 he left Dublin with Nora Barnacle, a chambermaid whom he eventually married.He did not write very much, but what he wrote was revolutionary.Another early work was the play Exiles (1918) .Where I go.To and fro.