Rather than forging radically new means for fiction, the novels of James Joyce--A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922), and Finnegans Wake (1939)--as well as his single short-story collection, Dubliners (1914), changed the way fic...

Few writers have as secure a claim to be the major figure of the modernist period in literary history as James Joyce, a position that he prepared himself for with diligence and commitment. During his student days at University College in Dublin he prophe...

Few writers have as secure a claim to be the major figure of the modernist period in literary history as James Joyce, a position that he prepared himself for with diligence and commitment. During his student days at University College in Dublin he prophe...

Every morning before his classes begin Frank does an hour of jogging; he feels the need to move, and also to relieve his nerves. During the day, if he does not go to the campus or into the library, he does not know where...

Every morning before his classes begin Frank does an hour of jogging; he feels the need to move, and also to relieve his nerves. During the day, if he does not go to the campus or into the library, he does not know...

Explores the short story "Eveline," by James Joyce. Examines the title character's fear of change. Considers why she ultimately chooses not to change.

A critical analysis determining why the title character in James Joyce's short story "Eveline" chooses to stay with her controlling father rather than escape with her beloved Frank. Joyce reveals through Eveline's relationships with her parents the degree to which fear plays a role in her decision.

Essay discusses Eveline's duty to stay in her home and her promise to her mother in James Joyce's classic "Eveline."