A New and Complex Sensation: Essays on Joyce's "Dubliners"

by Oona Frawley (Editor)

This eclectic and probing collection of essays celebrates the centenary of the first publication of stories from James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners’ in 1904. Since its publication in book form in 1914, ‘Dubliners’ has become one of the truly definitive short-story collections in world literature. ‘A New and Complex Sensation‘ presents twenty fresh and exciting perspectives that explore the multiple layers and enduring power of Joyce’s short fiction.

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 2005

About the author

Born in NYC to Irish-actor parents, Oona has lived in Ireland full-time since completing her Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. She has held post-doctoral fellowships at Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin, and has lectured in the Department of English at Maynooth University since 2008. Oona's research interests lie in Irish Studies, particularly of the late 19th and 29th centuries, in Memory and Trauma Studies, and in ecocriticism. A Hennessy Award nominee, her first novel, Flight, was published in 2014 and was nominated for an Irish Book Award in the 'newcomer' category.Oona is currently writing a book on postcolonial ecocriticism, comparing Irish, American, Australian and New Zealand literature for attitudes towards land development, waste, and the environment.

(from https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/eng...)

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some very heady, and far ranging, essays that provide analysis and context for the stories in James Joyce's Dubliners collection. The scope and variety of thought at display in this book provided me with superb illumination and spring points for a deeper study I am embarking on with Joyce.