Two Gallants (short story) Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in "Dubliners." The London house of Grant Richards agreed to publish "Dubliners" in 1905, but there were printing complications and concerns of obscenity. One of the stories with passages in question was “Two Gallants.” Joyce questions Richard's reluctance to publish by asking "Is it
Joyce Wilding Joyce Wilding Joyce Wilding (1909 – 1978) was an activist for indigenous rights in Queensland, Australia in the 1950s and 1960s and a community worker. Wilding was born Doris Winifred Harman on 3 January 1909 in Southampton, England to Job Henry Harman, a retired soldier, and his Anglo-Indian wife Sarah Florence, née Minty. She married Frances James Wilding in 1932 and migrated to Australia the following year. She changed her first name to Joyce and ran a boarding house in the family home in West End, Brisbane to supplement the family income. In 1953, Ian Shevill, the Anglican bishop of