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Bloomsday: The plot thickens!
Joyce used, as the structure, the “Odyssey” – and each section of the book has its corresponding section in The Odyssey. Knowing the Odyssey is extremely useful to understanding Joyce’s book. Because Joyce doesn’t label any of his chapters, as … Continue reading
What is Bloomsday?
On June 16, 1904, James Joyce first went walking, in Dublin, with his future wife, Nora Barnacle. Years later, Ulysses was published. Ulysses, of course, an 800 page book, takes place all in one day. And what day does it … Continue reading
Bloomsday: The Events of June 16, 1904
From Richard Ellmann’s biography James Joyce: The experience of love was almost new to him in fact, though he had often considered it in imagination. A transitory interest in his cousin Katsy Murray had been followed by the stronger, but … Continue reading
Bloomsday: “yes I said yes I will Yes”
The ending of the book Ulysses: (And here’s just a small story: a couple of years ago I went to a Bloomsday celebration at a bar in the financial district called, appropriately, Ulysses. During the day-long celebration, my friend Aedin … Continue reading
Bloomsday: “dammed up sources of collective speech”
Carlos Fuentes: “That James Joyce is indeed a black Irishman, wreaking a vengeance, even wilder than the I.R.A.’s, on the English language from within, invading the territory of its sanitary ego-presumptions with a flood of impure, dark languages flowing from … Continue reading
“Yo, Bloom, Happy Bloomsday!”
Aaron Beall – co-founder of New York Citys International Fringe Festival – said: Last year on Bloomsday, I dressed in my theatre as Bloom, in a black mourning suit, black bowler and portmanteau before jumping on the No. 1 train … Continue reading
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“an egomaniacal Irishman”
Caraid O’Brien said, in regards to Bloomsday celebrations: On Bloomsday, we are Joyce’s puppets as we willingly surrender ourselves to his world. Only from the mind of an egomaniacal Irishman could such a holiday be created.
You know you are a total geek …
… (and you know are a totally unapologetic geek) when the fact that June 16 approaches gives you such a thrill of delight and anticipation that you almost can’t wait. The work has already begun …. It’s gonna be a … Continue reading
Bloomsday:
It’s all about Bloomsday here today. June 16 is eternally reserved. Thanks, Jim!
