Dubliners
Dublinersisacollectionof15shortstoriesbyJamesJoyce,firstpublishedin1914.TheyformanaturalisticdepictionofIrishmiddleclasslifeinandaroundDublinintheearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ThestorieswerewrittenwhenIrishnationalismwasatitspeak,andasearchforanationalidentityandpurposewasraging;atacrossroadsofhistoryandculture,Irelandwasjoltedbyvariousconvergingideasandinfluences.TheycentreonJoyce'sideaofanepiphany:amomentwhereacharacterexperiencesself-understandingorillumination.