Dubliners [Annotated]

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Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; a Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.

They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses.

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Zachary Mooneyham is currently reading it Oct 02, Liam Connell is currently reading it Oct 08, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses and Finnegans Wake Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses and Finnegans Wake Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions.

James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, , as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of other professions, including politics and tax collecting.

Joyce's mother, Mary Jane Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. She was an accomplished pianist, whose life was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. In spite of their poverty, the family struggled to maintain a solid middle-class facade. In he entered the University College, Dublin.

Dubliners [ANNOTATED]

FinWake an project to annotate the Wake. Which is the better annotated version of Dubliners, Norton or Viking? For anyone else with a similar question, I opted for the Norton. I then found my Viking copy of Portrait, and I was happy I'd chosen Norton for the simple fact that footnotes are inherently superior to endnotes. Plus, the Norton is great. Any additional insight is almost always best written in a Norton version, in my experience.

I hope Norton comes with a critical edition of Finnegan's Wake now that it's in the public domain. Elmann did a decent job explaining a bunch of references in his biography of Joyce and besides, it could always be an eBook. Have you looked at the Viking?

I had it years ago it's since been lost , and I remember it having helpful notations as well as essays. I've never seen the Norton at all, so unfortunately I have no frame of reference. I don't mean this to sound confrontational; on a reread, it seems like it could be taken that way.

I'm just curious if you're making a statement about about the Norton or comparing the two. Sure, I've used Viking as a frame of reference for longer essays and some of it can be useful for making arguments, but I've almost always found Norton to be more helpful, with better scholarly influences in its notations.

I suppose it's a personal preference kind of thing, but I think Norton is one of those brands that backs its claim as the best. To each his own, however. I would also look at the Oxford University edition of the novel novella?

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