Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature; grade: 1;0; University of Flensburg (Englisches Seminar); course: Literature; Culture and Politics in Modern Ireland ; 12 entries in the bibliography; language: English; abstract: Opening remarkDubliners is a study on human behaviour; human values and communication. The book describes and brings to life the city of Dublin; the hometown of James Joyce; at the beginning of the twentieth century. The collection is a mix of social realism and literary imagination. Each of the 15 stories is set against a background of real names; streets; shops; pubs and icons. It also comes alive through the biographical references to Joycersquo;s life. That is the reason why I decided to place the biography of James Joyce before my analysis in this paper.I chose the story The Dead because it seems to stand out of the short- story collection Dubliners. The Dead had not been composed when Joyce divulged that the course of the collection must be seen under the loose- knit general plan of a human lifecycle: childhood; adolescence; maturity and public life. The story also stands out of the collection because of the storyrsquo;s length; tone and positioning in the book. It was the last story he wrote for Dubliners in 1906/ 07; when he had already left Ireland. Before that; it was obvious that Joyce was very sceptical of the Irish Renaissance and the Irish literary revival; although the revivalacute;s outstanding poet; W. B. Yeats; influenced Joycersquo;s writing in the first years. He felt Irelandrsquo;s future lays within the European intellectual and cultural community. Joyce became increasingly impatient with Irelandrsquo;s parochialism and turned toward Europe; he and his wife Nora moved to the Continent. Now a change of attitude towards Ireland and Dublin; manifested in the story The Dead; can be observed. He wrote his brother Stanislaus in a letter the whole collection of Dubliners would be incomplete without this new feelings toward his hometown. The authorrsquo;s view is not only desperate and without prospect; ldquo;it has softenedrdquo; [Joyce; 1991; p. 47]. The stories in Dubliners can be read on two levels. [...]
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Hollywood in the 30s. John Ford. the Abbey Theatre: all upfront and personal.By DudleyA brilliant investigation of John Fords connections to the Ireland of his mother. a Feeney. that played out in his movies. pesonality and friendships. Dublins Abbey Theatre and its ensemble actors provides the main bridge for these affections as Ford befriended and hired a number of its members. The stories that made this history are refreshingly intimate and shed light on the developement of the stage irish identities we carry with us today in this country. the international reach of the Abbey Theatre as it traveled out to support itself and the workings of the Hollywood system during its Golden Era.Mr. Frazier has made the telling of this most interesting story a delight to read.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. facts or fantasies?By William DoyleThe content of the book is interesting. however. the liberal bias of the author and views on everything. make me wonder if the facts are also changed. The author could have written a decent book had he stuck to the facts.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent historyBy BuckmulliganThis is a well researched and documented history of the early Abbey theater troupe -- especially Arthur Sheilds. Barry Fitzgerald (brothers). and Sarah Algood. A must read for anyone interested in Irish theater or the Irish in early Hollywood -- mostly due to the efforts and influence of John Ford.
