ABSTRACT
Joyce’s compositions demand an understanding of the context from which they emerged. Scholars have argued that the best way to do this is to see Joyce as a colonialized writer. However, the social ambiances and personal relationships that he represented have far less to do with the legacy of British rule than with the parochial attitudes of the Irish, which fascinated and enraged him and ultimately caused him to leave Ireland to live abroad. When Joyce returned time and again to the Dublin depicted in his writing, it was not from the perspective of a postcolonial but from that of an exile.
