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Whitston Publishing Company [Published date: 1984]. Hard cover, 108 pp. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Red paper over boards with gold lettering on front and blue block with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. [From Introduction] The aim of this study is to discover why three of the most important and influential writers of this century were exiles. Besides asking why Pound, Eliot, and Joyce went into exile, Three Writers in Exile seeks answers to the following questions. Why did each writer settle where he did? How did exile make possible or facilitate his work? How did the writer influence his chosen environment and how did his environment influence him? What did each writer retain of his native heritage? What do these authors' works reveal of the state of American, British, and European culture during the first half of this century? Finally, what can we learn about the problem of the alienation of the modern artist by studying the lives and works of Pound, Eliot, and Joyce? Contents include: Introduction; Ezra Pound's Odyssey; T.S. Eliot's Search for Roots; Joyce: The Eternal Return; Index. Includes a few black and white photo reproductions.