Ivy Day in the Committee Room

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short story

"Ivy Day in the Committee Room" is a short story by James Joyce that portrays the political disillusionment and idle talk of Irish canvassers gathered in a dingy committee room on the anniversary of Charles Stewart Parnell’s death.

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralEvent gathering of canvassers in a committee room ⓘ
collectionPublicationCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates anniversary of Charles Stewart Parnell’s death ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
depicts disillusioned canvassers ⓘ
idle political talk ⓘ
featuresCharacter Father Keon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr Crofton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr Henchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr Hynes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublication Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre modernist fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio drama adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasLength short ⓘ
includedIn Irish literature canon ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainTheme Irish nationalism ⓘ
hypocrisy in politics ⓘ
nostalgia for Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
paralysis ⓘ
political disillusionment ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTechnique epiphany ⓘ
indirect characterization ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1914 ⓘ
publisher Grant Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
references Charles Stewart Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Araby NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
subjectMatter Irish Parliamentary Party politics ⓘ
municipal electioneering ⓘ
symbol ivy leaf ⓘ
symbolizes loyalty to Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ

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