Daniel R. Schwarz (ed.) • James Joyce: The Dead

Daniel R. Schwarz (ed.) • James Joyce: The Dead

Edited by Daniel R. Schwarz (Cornell University)
Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives

He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of.Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's elegant story details a New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin that is so evocative and beautiful that it prompts the protagonist's wife to make a shocking revelation to her husband—closing the story with an emotionally powerful epiphany that is unsurpassed in modern literature.

Bedford / St. Martin's, Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism, Paperback, english, 248 pages, mit Textmarker - with high lighter