My Days of Anger (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: James T. Farrell
- First Published: 1943
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Authors or writers, Midwest, Chicago, Catholics or Catholic Church, Illinois
The Work
My Days of Anger, one of the five novels in James T. Farrell’s O’Neill-O’Flaherty series, chronicles the lives of two Chicago Irish-Catholic families with young Danny O’Neill as the central character. Published fourth but coming last in the chronology of Danny’s life, My Days of Anger is a Künstlerroman; that is, a novel of a young protagonist’s developing an identity as an artist. Set on Chicago’s South Side from 1924 to 1927, the novel opens with Danny working nights and attending the University of Chicago days while initially...
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