Of all the celebrated novels of James Joyce, Dubliners remains the most widely read, exhibiting many of the experimental features developed more fully in his later works.When a special issue of Style devoted to the novel appeared in 1991, it was hailed by the James Joyce Quarterly as "a volume necessary to every scholar and student of Joyce". ReJoycing reproduces those nine articles, plus an additional five commissioned expressly for the book, and a new introduction by Patrick McCarthy.In their essays, the contributors -- a veritable Who's Who of internationally recognized Joyce specialists -- probe Joyce's complex language and trace political and ideological meanings in his text, making ReJoycing an excellent introduction to the central issues in contemporary Joyce criticism.
"What is really winning about this essay collection is that without any prompting or editorial proselytizing, receptive readers will come away from ReJoycing , not only with a number of new insights into various stories but with an enlarged critical repertoire."―
James Joyce Literary Supplement"Draws on the best of two important trends in Joyce criticism: the traditional commitment to probing Joyce's complex language and the more recent effort to track down political and ideological meanings in his works."―Robert Spoo
"Attests to the continuing interest in Joyce's 'realist' portrait if his native city and the importance of Dubliners in the development of his genius."―Shari Benstock