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

Richard Ellmann: The Dead (1994, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press)

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

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.