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Maureen's musings: i just wanted to share this with the list. when i first read dubs fully, i bought a rendition of the book that tells alot about it and about joyce (edited by professor don gifford of williams college, one of the most noted joycean scholars in the world). in this publication, for each story, the order of composition is given, as well as the date the story was originally published. the order that we are reading the stories and that they appear everywhere is the order they were compiled into when they were published as a collection, which was after they each appeared separately in harpers magazine. the order for dubliners as a *collection* was designed specifically by joyce, around thematics, such as the first three stories being about 'adolescence' (per him) and so on. it seems that as he wrote the stories, he'd add them into the collection as it developed, i suppose they made based upon whether they fit into the grand scheme he had in mind or not? anyway... but for some reason, when i read dubs completely for the first time, the order of composition seemed important to me. here it is: 1. The Sisters (1904) 2. Eveline (1904) 3. After the Race (1904) 4. Clay (1905) 5. The Boarding House (1905) 6. Counterparts (1905) 7. A Painful Case (1905) 8. Ivy Day at the Committee Room (1905) 9. An Encounter (1905) 10. A Mother (1905) 11. Araby (1905) 12. Grace (1905) 13. Two Gallants (1906) 14. A Little Cloud (1906) 15. The Dead (1907) ...i suppose it strikes me that other than _the sisters_ he really was not so obsessed at first (as it might otherwise seem) with young boy sexual development/undevelopment, _eveline_ and _after the race_ and _clay_ being some of the earliest stories. also, in looking at it this way, we can also see how his craft develops (and maybe even improves?) as he goes along. i also remember this morning that i thought eveline's name may have been symbolic -- as in, *eve*line? :) |
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