Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism: The Dead (Paperback)

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audience - that read "The Dead" from five contemporary critical perspectives. Each critical essay is accompanied by a succinct introduction to the history, principles, and practice of the critical perspective, and a bibliography that promotes further exploration of that approach. The text and essays are further complemented by an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts to Joyce and "The Dead, " a survey of critical responses to the story since its initial publication, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.