Backgrounds for Joyce's Dubliners

By Donald T Torchiana

Book Overview

First published in 1986. Acknowledging the serious work done on Dubliners as a whole, in this study Professor Torchiana draws upon a wide range of published and unpublished sources to provide a scholarly and satisfying framework for Joyce's world of the 'inept and the lower middle class'. He combines an understanding of Joyce's subtleties with a long-standing personal knowledge of Dublin. This title will make fascinating reading for scholars and students of Joyce's writing as well as for those interested in early twentieth century Irish social history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138186600
• ISBN13: 9781138186606
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"