Dubliners

:For the Irish folk band, see The Dubliners.

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Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce, published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a frank and satirical depiction of the Irish lower middle classes living in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. Joyce, who would later be acknowledged as the pioneer of stream of consciousness writing, here uses a more superficially realist style to give a crisp, yet intriguing description of characters. The stories were written at the time 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. These stories seem to depict the conflicts these influences generate in the lives of the townsfolk of Dublin, often quite unflatteringly. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses. http://publish.uwo.ca/~mgroden/92StY/charsfromdub.html

Related Topics:
James Joyce - 1914 - Irish - Dublin - 20th century - Stream of consciousness - Realist - Irish nationalism - Ulysses

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