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William Gaddis on James Joyce
William Gaddis on James Joyce (via/more): I recall a most ingenious piece in a Wisconsin quarterly some years ago in which The Recognitions’ debt to Ulysses was established in such minute detail I was...
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“Rhetoric”— A Page from James Joyce’s Notebooks
This page is from a notebook that contains some of Joyce’s preparatory notes for Ulysses—there are notes for characters (“Stephen,” “Simon,” “Leopold,” etc.) as well as lists (“Books,” “Recipes”) and...
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Blah Blah Bloomsday
How to read Ulysses A list of Irish heroes (from “The Cyclops” episode of Ulysses) “Words,” a page from one of Joyce’s notebooks for Ulysses: Another page of Joyce’s notes, plus links to more James...
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“Joyce”— Ezra Pound
“Joyce” by Ezra Pound Despite the War, despite the paper shortage, and despite those old-established publishers whose god is their belly and whose god-father was the late F.T. Palgrave, there is a new...
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Download RTÉ’s Superb Audio Production of James Joyce’s Ulysses
James Joyce’s Ulysses might seem like a prohibitively difficult book, but it’s not as hard to read as its reputation suggests. There are any number of strategies for tackling the great tome (although...
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Selections from One-Star Amazon Reviews of Joyce’s Ulysses
[Ed. note: The following citations come from one-star Amazon reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses. To be very clear, I think Ulysses is a marvelous, rewarding read (more on that here). Today, February 2nd,...
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Flann O’Brien’s Novel At Swim-Two-Birds Is a Postmodernist Masterpiece of...
The vibrant force of storytelling in Flann O’Brien’s excellent first novel At Swim-Two-Birds threatens to overwhelm reader and narrator alike—and what a strange joy it is to be overwhelmed. This novel...
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Bloomsday
Portrait of James Joyce by Djuna Barnes How to read Ulysses Ulysses art by Roman Muradov Selections from one-star Amazon reviews of Ulysses Ulysses manuscript page A list of Irish heroes (from “The...
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