Detailed notes accompany fifteen short stories that evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of Dublin at the turn of the century
A fine and accessible introduction to the work of one of the 20th century's most influential writers, this collection features 15 tales, including a masterpiece of the short-story genre, "The Dead.
Presents fifteen short stories that evoke the character and atmosphere of the Irish city at the turn of the century.
'Dubliners' is James Joyce's attempt to portray a 'slice of life' of his beloved capital in fifteen short stories recording events in the lives of its citizens, while the tales themselves progress from a consideration of childhood to ...
A fresh and varied reappraisal of the remarkable collection of stories that make up Joyce's Dubliners.
Fifteen short stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of the Irish city of Dublin at the turn of the century
Acknowledging the serious work done on Dubliners as a whole, in this study Professor Torchiana draws upon a wide range of published and unpublished sources to provide a scholarly and satisfying framework for Joyce’s world of the ‘inept ...
Considered as one of the greatest short stories in the Western Canon, James Joyce's complex narrative "The Dead", explores the intricate issues of identity and power through the lens of language, patriarchy, and imperialism.
Dubliners is Joyce at his most accessible and most profound, and this edition is the definitive text, authorized by the Joyce estate and collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions to reflect the author’s original wishes.
Because the stories in James Joyce's Dubliners seem to function as models of fiction, they are able to stand in for fiction in general in their ability to make the operation of texts explicit and visible.
This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.