Dubliners (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1914
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Christianity, Sisters, Catholics or Catholic Church, Ireland or Irish people, Priests, Peasantry or peasants, Cities or towns
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
Places Discussed
*Dublin. Ireland’s capital city, which had a population of some three hundred thousand people in the early twentieth century. Joyce, who grew up in Dublin, once told a publisher that no writer had yet presented the city to the world, a situation that he hoped this book would rectify. Dubliners does indeed give a strikingly detailed picture of the city, with attention to its topography and the texture of its daily life.
In many stories, characters traverse Dublin on foot, and Joyce carefully records their movements, naming actual streets,...
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