Exiles
Table of Contents Background Exiles is a play by James Joyce that includes three acts; the play was written in 1914, finished in 1915, and published in 1918. The play is set in Dublin in 1912, shortly after Ireland struggles for independence. Despite the efforts made by Joyce and American poet and critic Ezra Pound, to […]
Of Mice and Men
Table of Contents Background “Of Mice and Men” is a novella by American author John Steinbeck in 1937. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s, before the arrival of the Okies, the migrants of Oklahoma. The classic tale explores the struggles and dreams […]
