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For Joyce's contemporaneous audience, the term "counterparts" could be expected to suggest (hand-written) duplicate copies of legal documents. [1] At the story's end, Farrington, “the man” is seen to be the "counterpart" of Mr. Alleyne, his superior at his workplace, since he abuses his child at home, just as Mr. Alleyne abuses him at the office.
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. [1] It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
Michael McLaverty (1907–1992) Bryan MacMahon (1909–1998) Ian Macpherson (born 1951) Violet Florence Martin (1862–1923) of Somerville and Ross partnership; Aidan Mathews (born 1956) Eugene McCabe (1930–2020) John McGahern (1934–2006) Christina McKenna (born 1957) John Montague (1929–2016) George A. Moore (1852–1933) Val Mulkerns ...
Colm Tóibín FRSL (/ ˈ k ʌ l əm t oʊ ˈ b iː n / KUL-əm toh-BEEN, [1] Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
"The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called Dubliners. Originally published in the Irish Homestead on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction.
Hugh Kenner found "Grace" "as subversive a story as any Dubliners contains: the story against which Irish Catholic opinion should have expended its animus". [2] According to Stanislaus Joyce , the three parts of the story recall the tripartite structure of Dante's Divine Comedy ("inferno-purgatorio-paradiso"). [ 3 ]
John Sheahan (born 19 May 1939) is an Irish musician and composer. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna. [1] Sheahan is the last surviving member of the definitive lineup of the Dubliners.
"Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. [1] Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in Dubliners. [2]