Bloomsday in Melbourne mounts a course, one day’s immersion in James Joyce’s most Irish chapter of Ulysses, Cyclops. Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes at Bloomsday in Melbourne
While the setting and the craic is unmistakably Dublin, the literary tour embraces some Irish writers (Swift, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan) but mostly lashes out at English classics – the revenge of a supremely gifted Irish writer on English letters. Continue reading
Joyce and Divorce
Kuch has succeeded in opening Ulysses a little further, and, in giving us another option to consider in the fictional future of the Blooms, offered us another opportunity to read Joyce’s magnificent book once more anew. Continue reading
ULYSSES FOR BEGINNERS
We think Ulysses is the funniest, the wisest and the most human book, Continue reading
Ulysses for Everyone: A Guided Introductory Course on James Joyce’s Masterpiece
A highly popular introductory course on Joyce’s Ulysses to be reprised on 3 Feb. Continue reading
Centre Stage, The Bed
Janet Moran’s performance exuded the confidence of a woman secure in her bodily attractiveness and willing to surrender to her drives, while David Pearse’s Bloom was steady, sane, thoughtful, loveable, Continue reading
‘Ulysses’ in the dock
For those with a literary bent, with legal training, interested in censorship or with a James Joyce obsession, this book about the American trials in which Ulysses was alleged to be pornographic is an engaging and enlightening read. Continue reading
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
