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The women who made ‘Ulysses’ | Arts & Leisure

The women who made ‘Ulysses’ | Arts & Leisure | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris.   By Peter McDermott Intrigue, betrayal, suspense and mystery. These are some of the elements promised for a 2022 hybrid feature documentary film about
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There’s no place in the world like Dublin on Bloomsday

There’s no place in the world like Dublin on Bloomsday | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Every year on June 16, Dublin City is one big party for Bloomsday, the day celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses. From the James Joyce Center to Davy Byrne's Pub to Howth Hill and the Martello Tower, here’s all there is to do in Dublin on Bloomsday.
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What Leopold Bloom's food diary tells us about Bloomsday

What Leopold Bloom's food diary tells us about Bloomsday | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The story of Ulysses unfolds through the food Leopold Bloom eats as he travels around Dublin by day and night
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The Sporting Times April 1 1922: Review-The Scandal of Ulysses

The Scandal of Ulysses Aramis Sporting Times, no. 34 (April 1922) After a bored perusal of James Joyce's Ulysses , published in Paris
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Ulysses: Good or Bad?

Ulysses: Good or Bad? | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of James Joyce's Ulysses—it was first serialized in The Little Review between March 1918 and December 1920—and today is the 96th anniversary of its very first publication in book form, by Sylvia Beach. It's also Joyce's birthday, by the way, and no—that
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Always Meeting Ourselves: "Ulysses" at the Abbey Theatre

Always Meeting Ourselves: "Ulysses" at the Abbey Theatre | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Dermot Bolger carves out the human core of Joyce's expansive masterpiece, focusing the play around the human drama of the novel.
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James Joyce’s “Ulysses” developed into virtual reality game

James Joyce’s “Ulysses” developed into virtual reality game | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Learn more about the epic Irish work of literature “Ulysses” by immersing yourself in the Dublin of James Joyce through virtual reality.
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Remembering James Joyces' Ulysses on trial

Remembering James Joyces' Ulysses on trial | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
In Joseph M. Hassett’s new study of the obscenity trials that greeted James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses, he reminds us that prejudice was at the heart of its reception from the first.
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Ulysses Centre in Dublin to receive €2.5m funding from Fáilte Ireland

Ulysses Centre in Dublin to receive €2.5m funding from Fáilte Ireland | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
James Joyce project being developed by UCD with National Library of Ireland
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Writers' Tears Whiskey to Support Documentary about James Joyce’s Ulysses

Writers' Tears Whiskey to Support Documentary about James Joyce’s Ulysses | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Some 99 years after the publication of James Joyce’s, Ulysses, Writers’ Tears Irish whiskey is providing support for the production of Left Bank – a hybrid documentary film about how four women made Joyce’s banned, burned and censored book a reality. The film, which will be released internationally in 2022, the centenary year of Ulysses, […]
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Bloomsday 2020 goes virtual as Joyceans adapt to Covid-19

Bloomsday 2020 goes virtual as Joyceans adapt to Covid-19 | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
A 36-hour Zoom reading is among the events amid this year’s celebrations of James Joyce
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Ulysses - listen to the epic RTÉ dramatisation

Ulysses - listen to the epic RTÉ dramatisation | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is one of the most important works of modernist literature. The book chronicles the passage of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 Jun
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Published on this day:Is James Joyce's Ulysses the hardest novel to finish?

Published on this day:Is James Joyce's Ulysses the hardest novel to finish? | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
James Joyce died 75 years ago this week, leaving a lifetime of books beloved by many... and Ulysses, heralded as both the best novel in the English language and the hardest to read. So what do you do if you get stuck?
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The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Today is the publication anniversary of James Joyce's novel Ulysses; it is also Joyce's birthday. Elsewhere on Literary Hub, I took a look at the very different responses other famous writers have had to Joyce's most notorious work, but what about your everyday bookworm? Turns out, regular readers are just as torn as
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The Abbey Theatre presents Dermot Bolger’s brilliantly adapted, vibrant version of James Joyce’s classic in a thrilling production for theatre.

The Abbey Theatre presents Dermot Bolger’s brilliantly adapted, vibrant version of James Joyce’s classic in a thrilling production for theatre.

 
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Published on this day:Is James Joyce's Ulysses the hardest novel to finish?

Published on this day:Is James Joyce's Ulysses the hardest novel to finish? | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
James Joyce died 75 years ago this week, leaving a lifetime of books beloved by many... and Ulysses, heralded as both the best novel in the English language and the hardest to read. So what do you do if you get stuck?
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Truth before beauty: how John B Yeats and James Joyce made case for Ulysses

Truth before beauty: how John B Yeats and James Joyce made case for Ulysses | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Arguments made in Dublin debating societies by Yeats in 1865 and Joyce in 1900 would transform obscenity law and free a beautiful, truthful novel from censor’s shackles
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Defaced first edition of ‘Ulysses’ valued at €13,500

Defaced first edition of   ‘Ulysses’ valued at €13,500 | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Book was defaced by an irate reader who regarded the book as pornographic
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