James Joyce’s Echoes in Caitriona Lally’s Portrait of Dublin City

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https://doi.org/10.20420/PhilCan.2016.107

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contemporary Irish literature, flâneuse, James Joyce, Caitriona Lally, Eggshells, Dublin City

Abstract

James Stephens and James Joyce have been mentioned as referents for Caitriona Lally’s highly acclaimed debut novel, Eggshells (2015). The present contribution intends to study this new brilliant rendering of the city of Dublin through the eyes of allegedly ‘changeling’ Vivian, whose Joycean creative musings on language serve her to portray contemporary Dublin, as well as to imaginatively project portals to other worlds where she can feel more at ease.

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José Manuel Estévez-Saá, Universidade da Coruña

José Manuel Estévez-Saá is Associate Professor at the Universidade da Coruña and the Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Estudios Irlandeses Amergin (Amergin University Research Institute in Irish Studies, Spain). He has published several books, editions and articles on Anglo-American and European Studies, Contemporary Literature in English, and Cultural Studies. Web-page: www.josemanuelestevezsaa.com.

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2016-10-25

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Estévez-Saá, J. M. (2016). James Joyce’s Echoes in Caitriona Lally’s Portrait of Dublin City. Philologica Canariensia, 22, 137–144. https://doi.org/10.20420/PhilCan.2016.107

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Vol. 22 (2016)

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