What is James Joyce's "The Dead" About?

The final short story of Joyce's 1914 collection Dubliners, "The Dead" is a sobering depiction of Ireland and Irish culture. This essay tries to characterize these relationships through the lens of memory. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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Bibliography:
Ellmann, Richard. James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.
Ellmann, Richard. Selected Letters of James Joyce. New York: Viking Press, 1975.
Joyce, James. The Dead. Edited by Schwarz, Daniel R. Boston: Bedford Books of
St Martin’s Press, 1994.
Rickard, John S. Joyce’s Book of Memory: The Mnemotechnic of Ulysses. Durham:
Duke University Press, 1998.

Music:
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