Coilin Owens, "Before Daybreak: "After the Race" and the Origins of Joyce's Art"
2013 | ISBN-10: 081304247X, 081306094X | 325 pages | PDF | 4 MB
2013 | ISBN-10: 081304247X, 081306094X | 325 pages | PDF | 4 MB
A close examination of the story "After the Race," which originally appeared in Dubliners that argues that the story represents a microcosm of some of the issues most central to Joyce scholarship: evolution as an artist, the Catholic Church, and nostalgia for a rapidly changing Ireland.