Amazon.com description: Product Description: Critical essays by Joyce scholars and a variety of anthropologists, geographers, and literary critics. Definitive in its critical and creative analysis of Joyce's first major text. It reflects on Dublin itself as a geographical, cultural, and imaginative location over the space of one hundred years. It considers the interaction between Joyce and other Irish writers. It gives voice to both established scholars and younger academics, charting the movements within Joyce studies. The essays, carefully selected for caliber and readability, divide into three subject areas: Recon-textualizing Dubliners; Individual Stories; Thematic Examinations.