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On this day…1 March

Published on March 1, 2013 · Add Comment · In Joyce Centre Blog, March, News, Significant Joycean Dates

On 1 March 1914 Joyce started writing Ulysses.

At the end of 1921 Joyce wrote to Harriet Weaver about a coincidence of birthdays connected with Ulysses. He claimed that he had finished writing the book on 30 October, …

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Telemachus 0031

Published on December 21, 2012 · 1 Comment · In 01 Telemachus, Joyce Centre Blog, Reader's Guide, Ulysses "Seen"

This page made me smile when I first saw it–there’s not much happening, but it gives a visual dimension to a moment in the novel that I had never really thought about visually, even after reading this chapter many, many

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Telemachus 0003

Published on November 13, 2012 · 9 Comments · In 01 Telemachus, Reader's Guide

[cf. Gabler 3:1, 1922 p. 3]

Some pudgy guy is carrying a bowl to the top of a tower. So begins the most important novel of the twentieth century. A ceremony of sorts is about to happen.

This is not …

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Telemachus 0002

Published on November 12, 2012 · 7 Comments · In 01 Telemachus, Reader's Guide

This is what we in the business call an “establishing shot.” It shows us where the story is about to begin–a little round tower overlooking the sea.

The tower is called a Martello Tower. It’s a real …

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Buck Mulligan

Published on April 9, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Dramatis Personae

Buck Mulligan is the antagonist of the Telemachus episode. He attempts to maintain superiority over Stephen Dedalus through mockery and other subtle bullying tactics.

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