What if Chaplin and Joyce, an inveterate consumer of cinema, had met by chance in Paris, and Chaplin had taken it into his head to make a silent film of ‘Ulysses’? Continue reading
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Bloomsday, 16 June, and the Joyce who loved films
Bloomsday in Melbourne in 2016 celebrates the Joyce who loved film. Continue reading
Ulysses for more Advanced Readers
A course designed to deepen understanding of Ulysses, focussing on the challenging figure of Stephen Dedalus. Continue reading
Ulysses for Beginning Readers
Nature of Event: Ulysses for Beginners: Penetrating the ‘Impenetrable’ is a 6-hour intensive course for those who have tried and failed to read Ulysses, the most admired work of modernity. It aims to empower readers by uncovering some of Joyce’s techniques and by examining the architecture of the work. It will be presented by Frances … Continue reading
Riverrun: Melodio[sities] in pure effusion
Riverrun, the theatrical tour de force based on the final section of Finnegans Wake, devised and performed by Olwen Fouéré, in making the choice to dramatise the Liffey rather than the characters offers an unexpected but very clarifying innovation… Continue reading
Riverrun’s Olwen Fouéré talks to Tinteán
Riverrun, an adaptation of the last section of Finnegans Wake, by Olwen Fouéré, had its genesis in Sydney in 2011…. Continue reading
Ulysses, Burke, Edgeworth, and Chandler.
We are indebted to Professor Chandler for placing Edgeworth’s fine novel before us. It is a multi-faceted work deserving of much study for its range of characters, comedy, satire, social commentary, philosophy and scholarship. Continue reading
Joyce and Mathematics
If I was to tell you that this is an article about Joyce and mathematics, I wonder which would be more likely to alarm you. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes of ‘Ulysses Prestissimo’, an 18+ comedy.
The question is: ‘will the earth move for Gerty’? We expect so! Continue reading
Who Says ‘Ulysses’ is too Difficult to Read?
Contesting the notion that Joyce’s Ulysses is too hard for ordinary mortals to read…. Continue reading