James Joyce: The Dead | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781909735910 | The Dead | James Joyce's most famous short story (Aziloth Books)

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James Joyce's writings centre on the city of Dublin, where he was born into a middle-class family in 1882. Despite this preoccupation, he left Dublin for the continent in 1904 and spent most of his life abroad. Joyce first caught the attention of critics with 'Dubliners', a brilliant collection of short stories, and rapidly grew in fame and status with his ground-breaking stream-of-consciousness style and the explicit content of his prose in such works as 'Ulysses' and 'Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man'. 'The Dead' is universally acknowledged as one of his best works, both in its style and emotional intensity. It tells the tale of one evening in the life of Gabriel Conroy at a dinner party, and an ensuing conversation with his wife Gretta that sparks feelings of the utter solitude and, paradoxically, of the interconnectedness of humanity. In typical Joycian style ("In the particular is contained the universal"), the prose is also peppered with motifs and vignettes that make Gabriel's life an icon of Ireland's National Consciousness. 'The Dead' is both a meditation on the joys, woes and betrayals of life, and at the same time a barely-disguised call to Irish Nationalism.

Über den Autor

James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer whose work reshaped modern literature. Born in Dublin and later living in continental Europe, Joyce drew extensively on his native city as both setting and imaginative source. His major works, including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake, are central to literary modernism, distinguished by formal innovation, linguistic precision, and sustained exploration of consciousness and identity.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781909735910
ISBN-10:	1909735914
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Joyce, James
Hersteller:	Aziloth Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	James Joyce
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.01.2016
Gewicht:	0,082 kg