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James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland-died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Dubliners, short-story collection by James Joyce, written in 1904-07, published in 1914. Three stories he had published under the pseudonym Stephen Dedalus served as the basis for Dubliners. Dubliners has a well-defined structure along with interweaving, recurring symbols. The first three stories, narrated in the first person, portray children; the next four deal with young adults, and, like the remaining stories, are told by a third person, whose tone and sensibility shifts to reflect that of the changing protagonists; the following four stories concern mature life from middle age onward; and the next three, the public life of politics, art, and religion. The 15th and final story, "The Dead," is considered not only the jewel of the collection but also a world masterpiece.