Narrative Con/Texts in Dubliners [Paperback]

Investigates narrative strategies in James Joyce's stories in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in the individual narratives and in the cumulative text, context serving as a portal of entry into the narrative(s). Benstock is the author of Narrative Con/texts in 'Ulysses' .Introduction - a confluence of texts; narrative strategies - the teller in the Dubliners tale; narrative gnomonics - the spectres in the tales; symbolic systems - correspondences in the tales; pounds/shillings/pence - the economics in the tales; double binds - talismans of immaturity; duplicitous bonds - talents of maturity.