Dubliners

Dubliners is arguably the best-known and most influential
collection of short stories written in English and has been since its
publication in 1914.
Through what Joyce described as their 'style of scrupulous
meanness,' the stories present a direct, sometimes searing view of Dublin in
the early twentieth century. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based
on renowned Joyce scholar Hans Walter Gabler’s edited text and includes his
editorial notes and the introduction to his scholarly edition, which details and
discusses Dubliners’ complicated publication history. 'Contexts'
offers a rich collection of materials that bring the stories and the Irish
capital to life for twenty-first century readers, including photographs,
newspaper articles and advertising, early versions of two of the stories, and a
satirical poem by Joyce about his publication woes. 'Criticism' brings together
eight illuminating essays on the most frequently taught stories in Dubliners—'Araby,' 'Eveline,' 'After the Race,' 'The Boarding House,'
'Counterpoints,' 'A Painful Case,' and 'The Dead.' Contributors include David
G. Wright, Heyward Ehrlich, Margot Norris, James Fairhall, Fritz Senn, Morris
Beja, Roberta Jackson, and Vincent J. Cheng.