On 7 August 1924 Stanislaus Joyce wrote to his brother criticising Joyce’s new work. The criticism was contained in a long letter, the first that Stanislaus had written to Joyce for some time. Stanislaus was not impressed by what he had read of Joyce’s new work, and took the opportunity to remind Joyce of how […]
Category archives: August
On this day…6 August
On 6 August 1909 Vincent Cosgrave told Joyce he had been seeing Nora in the summer of 1904. Devastated by Cosgrave’s claims, and feeling that Nora had betrayed him, Joyce wrote to her just an hour after Cosgrave made his announcement. Joyce, who was supposed to be going to Galway with his son Giorgio, wrote […]
On this day…5 August
On 5 August 1912 Joyce went to Clifden to see Marconi. Joyce and his family were staying at Bowling Green in Galway during the summer of 1912. On Monday 5 August, Joyce cycled from Galway to Clifden in an effort to see Guglielmo Marconi, or at least to visit his wireless transmission station at Derrygimlagh […]
On this day…4 August
On 4 August 1909 Joyce wrote about how he had been received at the start of his visit to Dublin. Joyce arrived back in Dublin on 29 July 1909, bringing his four-year-old son Giorgio with him. It was his first visit to Dublin since leaving in October 1904, and Joyce was anxious that his old […]
On this day…3 August
On 3 August 1938 Joyce paid Eugene Jolas 1000 francs for guessing the name of his book. From the time he started work on what became Finnegans Wake, Joyce had kept the title of his book secret. On 2 August Eugene Jolas correctly guessed the name and the following day Joyce paid him 1000 francs, […]