On 27 May 1929 Our Exagmination Round His Factification For Incamination Of Work In Progress was published. This book of twelve essays and two letters was produced in an effort to counter the prevailing incomprehension with which Joyce’s Work in Progress was being greeted as parts of it were published in various magazines. The authors […]
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On this day…26 May
On 26 May 1939 Joyce wrote to Sean O’Casey. The occasion for Joyce’s letter to O’Casey was a misprint in the Irish Times. Under books received for review, Joyce’s recently published Finnegans Wake was listed as being by Sean O’Casey. On 26 May 1939, Joyce wrote to O’Casey about the misprint, though Joyce indicated that […]
On this day…25 May
On 25 May 1918 Joyce’s play Exiles was published. Exiles is the only extant play by Joyce, but it is rarely performed and is not considered a particularly good play. Nonetheless, it is important as a stage in the development of Joyce’s writing. Joyce had made two earlier attempts at writing plays. My Brilliant Career […]
On this day…24 May
On 24 May 1924 Joyce wrote to Harriet Weaver complaining about the conditions in which he was trying to write. One of the main problems was with accommodation. The Joyces had lived in a furnished flat at 26 Avenue Charles Floquet, Paris, from November 1922 until June 1923 when Joyce left to holiday in Bognor. […]
On this day…23 May
On 23 May 1906 Henrik Ibsen died. One of the greatest influences on the young James Joyce came from the life and works of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. From him Joyce got ideas about exile and the role of the artist in society, and many of the themes of Ibsen’s plays became important also in […]