In Dubliners, completed when Joyce was only twenty-five, we are given a definitive group portrait. It is a book, as Terence Brown writes in his stimulating Introduction, 'rooted in an intensely accurate apprehension of the detail of Dublin life.'
DublinersIntroduction
Notes on Introduction
Note on Text
The Sisters
An Encounter
Araby
Eveline
After the Race
Two Gallants
The Boarding House
A Little Cloud
Counterparts
Clay
A Painful Case
Ivy Day in the Committee Room
A Mother
Grace
The Dead
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Notes
James Joyce(1882-1941), an Irish poet and novelist, was one of the
most celebrated writers of the twentieth century. His works
includeUlysses,Finnegans Wake, andA Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man.
Terence Brown(introduction and notes) is an emeritus fellow of
Trinity College Dublin.
“In Dubliners, Joyce’s first attempt to register in language and
fictive form the protean complexities of the ‘reality of
experience,’ he learns the paradoxical lesson that only through the
most rigorous economy, only by concentrating on the minutest of
particulars, can he have any hope of engaging with the immensity of
the world.”–from the Introduction
“Joyce renews our apprehension of reality, strengthens our sympathy
with our fellow creatures, and leaves us in awe before the mystery
of created things.” –Atlantic Monthly
“It is in the prose of Dubliners that we first hear the authentic
rhythms of Joyce the poet…Dubliners is, in a very real sense, the
foundation of Joyce’s art. In shaping its stories, he developed
that mastery of naturalistic detail and symbolic design which is
the hallmark of his mature fiction.” –Robert Scholes and A. Walton
Litz, authors of Dubliners: Text and Criticism
With an Introduction by John Kelly
Frank and Malachy McCourt and 13 Irish actors bring Joyce's short stories to life in this well-produced audiobook. None of the readers employ a thick accent in the narrative portions, but for dialogue they let their imitative talents shine and their Irish lilts bloom. Brendan Coyle and Charles Keating, reading "A Little Cloud" and "Grace" respectively, give such wonderful expression to the idiosyncrasies of every individual voice that the listener is never confused even when numerous men are talking. Joyce wrote only sparingly in actual dialect, but most of the readers interpret his intentions freely and successfully. Fionnula Flanagan is perfect reading "A Mother," her voice shifting easily between prim and proper tones and fiery indignation punctuated with little sighs. It helps that Joyce's writing is so masterful that when Flanagan and the two other actresses read the three stories that revolve around women, their words sound utterly natural. Not all the performances are on the same level-Stephen Rea's cold, somber voice is apt for the meditative beginning and ending sections of the collection's most famous story, "The Dead," but too flat for the central description of a lively party. This audiobook creates the atmosphere of a fireside storytelling session that will hold any listener in rapt attention. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"In Dubliners, Joyce's first attempt to register in language
and fictive form the protean complexities of the 'reality of
experience,' he learns the paradoxical lesson that only through the
most rigorous economy, only by concentrating on the minutest of
particulars, can he have any hope of engaging with the immensity of
the world."-from the Introduction
"Joyce renews our apprehension of reality, strengthens our sympathy
with our fellow creatures, and leaves us in awe before the mystery
of created things." -Atlantic Monthly
"It is in the prose of Dubliners that we first hear the
authentic rhythms of Joyce the poet...Dubliners is, in a
very real sense, the foundation of Joyce's art. In shaping its
stories, he developed that mastery of naturalistic detail and
symbolic design which is the hallmark of his mature fiction."
-Robert Scholes and A. Walton Litz, authors of Dubliners: Text
and Criticism
With an Introduction by John Kelly
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