On 21 June 1921 Joyce was working on the first proofs of Ulysses. In a letter to French critic Valery Larbaud on 21 June 1921, Joyce wrote that he was working on the first proofs of Ulysses and trying to finish the ‘Ithaca’ episode. At the end of March 1921 Sylvia Beach had taken on […]
Eumaeus
On this day…21 May
On 21 May 1904 Bloom borrows The Stark Munro Letters from Capel Street Library. In the ‘Ithaca’ episode of Ulysses, Bloom, looking in the mirror, reviews the books stacked on two shelves. Among them is Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Stark Munro Letters which Bloom borrowed from the Capel Street Library on Whitsun Eve, Saturday 21 […]
On this day…5 January
On 5 January 1921 Joyce wrote to Svevo for help in recovering a briefcase of manuscripts. By January 1921 Joyce, as he told Svevo, had finished work on the ‘Circe’ episode of Ulysses and was working on ‘Eumaeus.’ However, when he left Trieste for Paris in July 1920, Joyce had not intended to make the […]
Guest Blog: Fathers of Western Thought
Fathers Of Western Thought continue their guest blog for the James Joyce Centre, with songs and lyrics based on Ulysses. These songs are based on the last three chapters of the novel, ‘Eumaeus’, ‘Itacha’ and ‘Penelope’. Love My Dirty Shirt Love My Dirty Shirt (Eumaeus) by FathersOfWesternThoughtJJ Lyrics Why did you leave Your father’s house? […]
