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...

A former presidential candidate held by leftist rebels describes in an emotional letter how she has lost her hair, appetite and hope after nearly six years constantly on the move in Colombia's jungles.The letter, along with videos released by government officials Friday, were the first...

Another poet exhibiting such bravado could be easily dismissed, but with his fourth poetry collection, Williams shows and proves, sticking to the classic hip hop proverb, there ain’t no future in yo’ frontin.’ It’s obvious that it’s the future that he’s concerned about by the...

Somewhere deep in cyberspace, where reality blurs into fiction and the living greet the dead, there are ghosts. They live in a virtual graveyard without tombstones or flowers. They drift among the shadows of the people they used to be, and the pieces they left...

In the following essay, Pecora approaches the question of whether Gabriel acquires a level of self-understanding at the close of "The Dead," maintaining that Gabriel "in no way overcomes or transcends the conditions of his existence."

In the following essay, Lytle analyzes "The Dead, " arguing that Christian symbolism is crucial to understanding the story.

In the following essay, Ellmann uses biographical details to illuminate Joyce's highly autobiographical approach to "The Dead. "

Narcissism can be defined as an excessive amount of love and admiration toward oneself. It is also referred with a psychological condition characterizing self-preoccupation, lack of empathy and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. James Joyce's The Dead contains an individual with characteristic traits that can be described as a narcissist.

Essay deals with the meaning of the title in relation with the main event of the story "Gabriel's Epiphany."

Analyzes the James Joyce story, "The Dead," from a feminist perspective. Summarizes the story. Examines Joyce's use of symbolism.