Dubliners

by Joyce, James; Johnson, Jeri

• ISBN13: 9780192839992
• ISBN10: 0192839993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The publication of James Joyce's Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to remove swear words, real place names and much else. Although only twenty-four when he signed his first publishing contract for the book, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would "retard the course of civilization in Ireland." Joyce's aim was to tell the truth-- to create a work of art that would reflect life in Ireland at the turn of the last century and by rejecting euphemism, to reveal to the Irish their unromantic reality, which would lead to the spiritual liberation of the country. Each of the fifteen stories offers glimpses into the lives of ordinary Dubliners-- a death, an encounter, an opportunity not taken, a memory rekindled - and collectively they paint a portrait of a nation. This edition is introduced and annotated by Jeri Johnson, who gives a witty and informative insight into the context, meanings, and reception of Joyce's work.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vi
Introduction	vii
Composition and Publication History	xli
Select Bibliography	xlvii
A Chronology of James Joyce	liv
Map: Dublin c:1904	lxii
DUBLINERS
The Sisters	3	(8)
An Encounter	11	(8)
Araby	19	(6)
Eveline	25	(5)
After the Race	30	(6)
Two Gallants	36	(10)
The Boarding House	46	(7)
A Little Cloud	53	(13)
Counterparts	66	(10)
Clay	76	(6)
A Painful Case	82	(9)
Ivy Day in the Committee Room	91	(15)
A Mother	106	(11)
Grace	117	(21)
The Dead	138	(39)
Appendix A: List of Selected Variants	177	(8)
Appendix B: Order of Composition of Stories	185	(1)
Appendix C: A Curious History	186	(4)
Appendix D: The Irish Homestead Version of `The Sisters'	190	(4)
Explanatory Notes	194