Three scholars, three memorable experiences, three nearly lifelong passions. For most of us, though, the book that unites them, James Joyce's Ulysses, evokes dread, not devotion. Its 700 ...
Richard Ellmann’s “James Joyce” is widely regarded as the greatest literary biography of the 20th century, much as some see Joyce’s novel “Ulysses,” published in 1922, as its supreme work of fiction. ...
James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, one of the most impactful ever written in the English language, will be celebrated on June 16 in an event known as Bloomsday. From Australia to Santa Barbara, devoted fans ...
‘Ulysses,” published a century ago, has two, coexisting reputations: one for being difficult to read, on account of its modernist techniques; another, at first glance contradictory, for its exposure ...
Nora Barnacle may not have been an artist, but she had a genius for living that made her indispensable to her partner, James Joyce. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Joyce honored ...
Katie Lynch swims at the Forty Foot, the swimming hole beneath Martello Tower, where Buck Mulligan goes for a dip in the first chapter of "Ulysses." Courtesy of Mikal Philbin. Living in Ireland is ...
Ah, June, the month of fathers, graduates, brides and Bloomsday, the day the world celebrates the Irish novelist and poet, James Joyce. Many scholars believe his book "Ulysses" — a Dublin day (June ...
Gabrielle Carey cast a distinctive shadow within Australian writing, one you miss acutely only when it is no longer bodily present, even as elements of her essence remain as words on the page. She was ...
One hundred years ago this week, Sylvia Beach, who ran the bookstore Shakespeare and Company at 12 rue de l’Odéon in Paris and nurtured a community of expatriate writers that included Richard Wright, ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo Libraries, home to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of materials by and related to author and poet James Joyce, has received $10 million ...