Essay by Christian Kriticos at The Millions.
"It is this specificity of setting and precision of detail that Joyce contended was a crucial cornerstone of his work, arguing that 'In the particular is contained the universal.'
"This point may be made most accessible in 'The Dead,' the final short story in his collection Dubliners. Although, like all of his fiction, it is rooted firmly in specifics of Irish culture, it is structured around the universally familiar time of Christmas, and its very meaning hinges upon this seasonal setting."
See James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, in Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 59.
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