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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Logged, thank you sir!
An exceptional and brilliant writer and thinker! Thank you for this remarkable tribute and for celebrating the birthday of this extraordinary man. 🙏👏✌️
Glad to do it, friend! Thank you for the nice comment!
Great writer I could never figure out.
He is puzzling, I agree.
Love his stream of consciousness.
Yes, he really expanded on Dos Pasos’ work.
James Joyce, renowned for his innovative stream-of-consciousness style, particularly Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegans Wake, and Dubliners short stories.
You know it!
A Classic example of how the heart and soul of Torah gets lost in translations.
Interesting take on that.
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Great post! Like you, I also enjoyed “Dubliners” and the whole epiphany idea, although it’s been so long since I read it that I’ve almost forgotten! Need to revisit the dusty parts of my book shelf, I think!
Thanks! Glad to hear you’re a Joyce fan, too!
I liked Dubliners, but rumor has it my wife still hasn’t forgiven Joyce for writing Ulysses and thereby forcing her to read it in school. I haven’t tried tackling that one yet.
Ha! Uh oh, sounds like she can carry a grudge! 😀