...tree"—that the text projects, as the ghost of Michael, into its own future. "Other forms were near. ... He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering identity." These "hosts of the dead" with whom, as his own identity "fade[s] out," Gabriel gradually...

...are our days numbered and not, say, lettered? — Woody Allen, Getting Even The Dead Palle Yourgrau His soul had approached that region where dwell the...apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence. — James Joyce, Dubliners: "The Dead" Death opens the door to metaphysics. We must be bold and step...

...vision all signal movement, change, enlargement, the unfolding of a great setpiece about transcendence: His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the dead . . . His own identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself which these...

...wished him gone" (Pa 117); in his hotel room Gabriel is aware that "Other forms were near. His soul approached that region where dwell the vast hosts...apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence" (De 223). Just as Duffy acknowledges that "One human being had seemed to love him", and that "venal...

...in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree. Other forms were near. His soul had approached that...identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world. . . (D223). Gabriel's reverie in the near darkness may be read as a rewriting of the boy's dream vision...

...in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree. Other forms were near. His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of me dead. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence" (D 223;...

...in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree. Other forms were near. His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the dead"(D223).18 The region of the dead approached by Gabriel's soul is also the country Gabriel is ready...

...in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree. Other forms were near. His soul had approached that...dead. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, theit wayward and flickering exisrence. His own identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world:...

...monde, que les vivants reçoivent en partage : ... that région where dwell thé vast hosts of thé dead. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend,...identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world: thé solid world itself, which thèse dead had one time reared and lived in was dissolving and dwindling....

...in the partial darkness he imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under a dripping tree. Other forms were near. His soul had approached that...dwell the vast hosts of the dead. He was conscious of, hut could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence. His own identity was fading out into...