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Tag Archives: Dubliners
The Books: “Dubliners” – ‘Araby’ (James Joyce)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Dubliners – by James Joyce – excerpt from the third story in the collection: “Araby”. I read this story in high school – and I remember (weird what sticks in your brain) that during my … Continue reading
The Books: “Dubliners” – ‘An Encounter’ (James Joyce)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Dubliners – by James Joyce – excerpt from the second story in the collection: “An Encounter”. A creepy little story that follows on the heels of the death-theme in ‘The Sisters’, the story before it. … Continue reading
The Books: “Dubliners” – ‘The Sisters’ (James Joyce)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Dubliners – by James Joyce James Joyce said: “When you remember that Dublin has been a capital for thousands of years, that it is the ‘second’ city of the British Empire, that it is nearly … Continue reading
“the troublesome word…”
Grant Richards writes to Joyce with his problems about the Dubliners manuscript. Damn. The correspondence between Richards and Joyce is contentious. Joyce had signed a contract with Richards – but, as the letter above indicates, things went south pretty quick … Continue reading
Ten Books I Couldn’t Live Without
1. Possession – by A.S. Byatt. Like Heather I have read this book probably 4 or 5 times – I just finished it yet again, and every time I come to it – I see different things, I relate to … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Canada, Catch-22, Dubliners, Emily Climbs, England, Herman Melville, Hopeful Monsters, Ireland, Joseph Heller, L.M. Montgomery, Lives of the Saints, Madeleine L'Engle, Mating, Moby Dick, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Paul Zindel, Possession, Ring of Endless Light, The Pigman
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Kipling
“If I knew Ireland as well as Kipling seems to know India, I fancy I could write something good.” — James Joyce, 1907. “Dubliners” was finally published in 1914.
Re-Reading
So next Tuesday night, if I don’t have rehearsal, I will be at the New York Public Library for the following evening event which sounds faaaaabulous: REREADINGS: Like romantic love, early book-love is ecstatic. As a young reader curls up … Continue reading
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Tagged A Wrinkle in Time, Anne Fadiman, Catch-22, Crime and Punishment, Dubliners, Emily of New Moon, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Lives of the Saints, Mating
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“the odour of ashpits”
James Joyce had a hell of a time getting Dubliners published anywhere, but it was most difficult in Ireland. Here is his response to a potential publishers objections to material in The Dubliners: “It is not my fault that the … Continue reading
Mary Gordon on “The Dead”
The course material for this writing class I am doing is very simple – we are working solely out of the anthology You’ve Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe I love the … Continue reading
On Dubliners: “the odour of ashpits”
James Joyce had a hell of a time getting Dubliners published anywhere, but it was most difficult in Ireland. Here is his response to a potential publishers objections to material in The Dubliners: “It is not my fault that the … Continue reading
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