Packet 4: Bonus 6

The protagonist of Stephen Hero muses on writing a book of these “most delicate and evanescent of moments.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this term applied to 40 fragments by James Joyce like “The Lame Beggar.” Joyce popularized the literary sense of this term, which critics use to describe moments like the disappointing visit to the Araby.
ANSWER: epiphany [or epiphanies; accept Collected Epiphanies of James Joyce]
[10e] The final epiphany in Dubliners ends this story, as Gabriel Conroy learns that he was ignorant of his wife’s doomed former lover and thinks “Snow was general all over Ireland.”
ANSWER: “The Dead
[10h] The term epiphany has been applied to this Irish writer’s stories, such as Harriet’s realization about an Italian painting in “After Rain.” This author of The Story of Lucy Gault paid homage to Joyce in “Two More Gallants.”
ANSWER: William Trevor
<Editors, British Literature> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota

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