HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES JOYCE! His works got me hooked in my teens when I really related to his character Stephen Dedalus as he rejected his religion and indulged what I call his “young and pretentious side” in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). I wore out my copy of Joyce’s novel Ulysses (1922) and continue to mark Bloom’s Day to this very day.
Over the years Finnegans Wake (1939) replaced Ulysses as my favorite Joyce novel and I’m fonder than many people are of his play Exiles (1918).
Naturally, I’m also into his “epiphanies” in Dubliners (1914) and, poetry geek that I am, even his volumes of verse Chamber Music (1907) and Pomes Penyeach (1927). Aside from the fully assembled version of Joyce’s poem Giacomo Joyce, I’m still uncommitted regarding his works published posthumously – the short stories The Cat and the Devil and The Cats of Copenhagen. And then there’s Finn’s Hotel, the collection of ten rough drafts of potential material for Finnegans Wake.
So, if you live in Ireland, say hello to Anna Livia Plurabelle for me today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUNNY JEEM!
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Happy birthday James Joyce . Good evening and happiness Edward 💞🙏🏻🙋🏼♀️👏🏻👏🏻
He was an interesting guy! Thanks for commenting! Good evening and happiness to you, too!
Good evening, dear Edward, thank you for your taste 💞🙋🏼♀️🙏🏻
You’re very welcome! Good evening!
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Still a marvellous and brilliant writer and thinker! Thank you for this intriguing reminder.🤙🙏
Thank you! I’m glad to do it!