9 min
The Dead; Why The Story Resonates. Joyce's Dublin
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TS Eliot described it as one of the greatest short stories ever written. James Joyce finished the
final story in his collection Dubliners, The Dead, in Trieste 1907. This story of the Misses Morkan's annual
gathering of family, friends and music students is framed by the elderly sisters' nephew Gabriel Conroy and his
wife Gretta and a personal epiphany triggered by the fragment of a song. Professors Declan Kiberd, Anne Fogarty
and Gerardine Meaney help us unpack the story and find out why it has such resonance and power. Dr Luca Crispi,
working on the Joyce papers at the National Library, shows how the manuscripts illuminate how
Joyce wrote.
TS Eliot described it as one of the greatest short stories ever written. James Joyce finished the
final story in his collection Dubliners, The Dead, in Trieste 1907. This story of the Misses Morkan's annual
gathering of family, friends and music students is framed by the elderly sisters' nephew Gabriel Conroy and his
wife Gretta and a personal epiphany triggered by the fragment of a song. Professors Declan Kiberd, Anne Fogarty
and Gerardine Meaney help us unpack the story and find out why it has such resonance and power. Dr Luca Crispi,
working on the Joyce papers at the National Library, shows how the manuscripts illuminate how
Joyce wrote.
9 min