Why Did James Joyce Write Dubliners?

Joyce's intention in writing Dubliners, in his own words, was to write a chapter of the moral history of his country, and he chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to him to be the centre of paralysis.

What did James Joyce say about Dubliners?

'I call the series Dubliners', he wrote to a friend, 'to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city'.

When did Joyce Write Dubliners?

Dubliners, short-story collection by James Joyce, written in 1904–07, published in 1914. Three stories he had published under the pseudonym Stephen Dedalus served as the basis for Dubliners.

James H. Sterling

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