The Dead

complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives

Paperback, 248 pages

English language

Published July 15, 1994 by Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-0-312-08073-0
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OCLC Number:
29757098

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"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce.

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13 editions

reviewed The Dead by Richard Ellmann (Case studies in contemporary criticism)

Review of 'The Dead' on 'Goodreads'

Rarely does a story of roughly 40 pages pack such an emotional, philosophically-layered punch, but Joyce's clever use of lulling the reader into a sense of the mundane makes the conclusion all the more powerful.

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Subjects

  • Joyce, James, 1882-1941
  • Family reunions -- Fiction
  • Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction