On 7 June 1924 Edmund Gosse attacked Joyce in a letter to Louis Gillet. Edmund Gosse was a well-respected English critic who had even helped secure a grant from the Royal Literary Fund for Joyce. Writing to the French critic Louis Gillet in 1924, however, Gosse claimed that Joyce was a “literary charlatan” and should […]
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On this day…5 May
On 5 May 1939 reviews of Finnegans Wake started to appear in the press. As the reviews began to appear in the days following publication of Finnegans Wake, Joyce had them read to him by friends and family. While some of the reviewers came up with interesting ideas, most simply reiterated what had already been […]
On this day…21 November
On 21 November 1931 Joyce wrote about Lucia’s lettrines. In a letter to Harriet Weaver Joyce wrote about designs for initial capital letters that Lucia had made, and which Joyce hoped would be published. They were later used in publications of Joyce’s works and in an illustrated edition of a poem by Chaucer. The project […]