Drawing on draft manuscripts and other archival material, James Joyce and Absolute Music, explores Joyce's deep engagement with musical structure, and his participation in the growing modernist discourse surrounding 19th-century musical forms. Michelle Witen examines Joyce's claim of having structur[...]

On the fictional morning of June 16, 1904?Bloomsday, as it has come to be known?Mr. Leopold Bloom set out from his home at 7 Eccles Street and began his day?s journey through Dublin life in the pages of James Joyce?s novel of the century, Ulysses. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, Ye[...]

This is a dramatised reading of James Joyce's masterpiece adapted for BBC Radio 4, starring Stephen Rea and Sinead Cusack. Timelessly evocative, it is far more than the story of Stephen Dedalus' journey through Dublin. It is a huge, rich portrayal of human life. In this magnificent, highly accessibl[...]

Originally published in serial format, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," is the semi-autobiographical portrayal of James Joyce's early upbringing as an Irish Catholic in late 19th century and early 20th century Dublin. At the center of the novel is the protagonist Stephen Dedalus whose life[...]

James Joyce and After: Writer and Time is a volume of essays examining various aspects of time in literature, starting with the modernist revolution in fictional time initiated, among others, by Joyce, up until the present. In Part One: "James Joyce and Commodius Vicus of Recirculation," the largest[...]

Edna O'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of men and angels'. The journey begins with Joyce the arrogant youth, his lofty courtship of Nora Barnacle, their hectic sexuality, children, wanderings, deb[...]