{"id":1133,"date":"2004-06-15T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2004-06-15T20:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2010-07-12T07:33:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T11:33:42","slug":"bloomsday-compete-for-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=1133","title":{"rendered":"Joyce on “English Literature”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Ireland remains the brain of the United Kingdom. The British, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach of humanity with a perfect gadget — the water closet. The Irish, condemned to express themselves in a language not their own, have stamped on it the mark of their own genius and compete for glory with the civilized nations. This is then called English literature.”<\/p>\n

— James Joyce<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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