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For those of you pondering whether to go to see the new film of Ulysses, or not, I have a better suggestion for you:
Why not read Natalie Haynes 100 Ships that re-tells the Trojan War & its surrounding myths from the perspective of the women involved (both gods & mortals).... and let's just say Ulysses doesn't come out of it that well.
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For those of you pondering whether to go to see the new film of Ulysses, or not, I have a better suggestion for you:
Why not read Natalie Haynes 100 Ships that re-tells the Trojan War & its surrounding myths from the perspective of the women involved (both gods & mortals).... and let's just say Ulysses doesn't come out of it that well.
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Ich hab es mir angetan ... bin froh ihn gesehen zu haben.
Konnte den auch nur in Etappen mir ansehen.
Ergebnis:
Sowas als (Hör)Buch? Nein Danke!
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Ich hab es mir angetan ... bin froh ihn gesehen zu haben.
Konnte den auch nur in Etappen mir ansehen.
Ergebnis:
Sowas als (Hör)Buch? Nein Danke!
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Großer Tipp für alle, die mit #Ulysses arbeiten. Mit Command + . wird die gesamte UI ausgeblendet. War wahrscheinlich schon immer drin, aber ich kenne das erst seit einigen Tagen. Das ist wunderbar, wenn man nur den Text sehen will.
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Großer Tipp für alle, die mit #Ulysses arbeiten. Mit Command + . wird die gesamte UI ausgeblendet. War wahrscheinlich schon immer drin, aber ich kenne das erst seit einigen Tagen. Das ist wunderbar, wenn man nur den Text sehen will.
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I'm re-reading James Joyce's Ulysses. Sommer's World of Literature to go is an entertaining summary, telling the story and themes using Play-Mobil figures against a map of Dublin, plus other visual aids. A brisk canter through a 682 page book in 20 minutes, with the German accent and phrasing giving a flavour all its own.
Sommer does the same sort of thing with a lot other works of literature, and they're worth seeking out for their quirkiness.
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I'm re-reading James Joyce's Ulysses. Sommer's World of Literature to go is an entertaining summary, telling the story and themes using Play-Mobil figures against a map of Dublin, plus other visual aids. A brisk canter through a 682 page book in 20 minutes, with the German accent and phrasing giving a flavour all its own.
Sommer does the same sort of thing with a lot other works of literature, and they're worth seeking out for their quirkiness.
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New post: The Markdown Link no. 38
Among today’s links are markdown editors Ulysses, Markdown Mate, Bokuchi, Rook, Editxr and Marka.md
https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-38/
#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #slides #Ulysses #MarkdownMate #Bokuchi #Rook #Editxr #Markamd #Collabora #Silverbullet
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Bookstores named for books, stories, characters, or poems
Listed below are existing bookstores (and one comic book store) around the globe whose name is based on or reflects a book title, a story, a character, or a poem. The names are based on personal knowledge, collected through a search of bookstores on google.com, as well as by utilizing gemini.google.ai.
Source: thriftbooks.com Source: en.wikipedia.orgAs can be seen by the list, the word “Raven” derived from Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem is the most commonly utilized name for bookstores in this category with 14 examples when including “Nevermore.” “Fahrenheit” from Fahrenheit 451 has five, which followed by “Ulysses” and variations of “Argonaut” which tied in third place with four examples each.
Every populated continent is represented on the list except Africa. As always, any additions, suggestions, or corrections are most welcome.
Peace…and Happy Father’s Day!
Argonaut Books – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Argonaut Book Shop – San Francisco, CA
Argos Book Store – Grand Rapids, MI
Argosy Book Store – New York City, NY
BookXcess Fahrenheit – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Brave New Worlds – Philadelphia, PA
Casa Fahrenheit 451 Libreria Cafè – Barcelona, Spain
Copperfield‘s – Santa Rosa and nearby cities, CA
Fahrenheit‘s Books – Denver, CO
Fahrenheit 451 Books – Carlsbad, CA
Fahrenheit 451 Books – Rome, Italy
Gatsby‘s – Catania, Sicily, Italy
Lilliput Books – Chicago, IL
Man of La Mancha Books – Panama City, Panama
NeverMore Books – Beaufort, SC
Nevermore Bookstore – Newport, VT
NeverMore Used Book Store – Toledo, OH
Odyssey Books – South Hadley, MA
Poor Richard’s Bookstore – Colorado Springs, CO
Raven Books – Bryan, TX
Raven Book Haven – Fleetwood, PA
Raven Book Store – Dublin, Ireland
Raven Book Store – Lawrence, KS
Raven‘s Book Shoppe: Used and Rare – Twentynine Palms, CA
Raven‘s End Books – Winnipeg, Canada
Raven Used Books – Northampton/Shelburne Falls, MA
Robinson Crusoe 389 – Istanbul, Turkiye
Rosebud Bookshop – Porto, Portugal
The Iliad Bookshop – Los Angeles, CA
The Jumping Frog – Hartford, CT
The Mad Hatters Bookshop – Melbourne, Australia
The Raven‘s Heart Bookstore – Sayre, PA
The Raven‘s Nook – Waco, TX
The Raven‘s Perch – Modesto, CA
The Siren & The Sea Books – Rochester, NY
Treasure Island Comics – Fremont, CA
Ulises Libreria – Santiago, Chile
Ulysses Book Store- Trumansburg, NY
Ulysses Rare Books – Dublin, Ireland
Ulysses Srl Library Books – Bologna, Italy
Walden Books – London, England, UK
Walden Pond Books – Oakland, CA
Westside Stories – Buffalo, NY
White Raven Books – Ypsilanti, Michigan
White Whale [Moby Dick] Bookstore – Pittsburgh, PA
#Argonaut #books #Fahrenheit #Nevermore #poetry #Raven #Ulysses #writing -
Bookstores named for books, stories, characters, or poems
Listed below are existing bookstores (and one comic book store) around the globe whose name is based on or reflects a book title, a story, a character, or a poem. The names are based on personal knowledge, collected through a search of bookstores on google.com, as well as by utilizing gemini.google.ai.
Source: thriftbooks.com Source: en.wikipedia.orgAs can be seen by the list, the word “Raven” derived from Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem is the most commonly utilized name for bookstores in this category with 14 examples when including “Nevermore.” “Fahrenheit” from Fahrenheit 451 has five, which followed by “Ulysses” and variations of “Argonaut” which tied in third place with four examples each.
Every populated continent is represented on the list except Africa. As always, any additions, suggestions, or corrections are most welcome.
Peace…and Happy Father’s Day!
Argonaut Books – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Argonaut Book Shop – San Francisco, CA
Argos Book Store – Grand Rapids, MI
Argosy Book Store – New York City, NY
BookXcess Fahrenheit – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Brave New Worlds – Philadelphia, PA
Casa Fahrenheit 451 Libreria Cafè – Barcelona, Spain
Copperfield‘s – Santa Rosa and nearby cities, CA
Fahrenheit‘s Books – Denver, CO
Fahrenheit 451 Books – Carlsbad, CA
Fahrenheit 451 Books – Rome, Italy
Gatsby‘s – Catania, Sicily, Italy
Lilliput Books – Chicago, IL
Man of La Mancha Books – Panama City, Panama
NeverMore Books – Beaufort, SC
Nevermore Bookstore – Newport, VT
NeverMore Used Book Store – Toledo, OH
Odyssey Books – South Hadley, MA
Poor Richard’s Bookstore – Colorado Springs, CO
Raven Books – Bryan, TX
Raven Book Haven – Fleetwood, PA
Raven Book Store – Dublin, Ireland
Raven Book Store – Lawrence, KS
Raven‘s Book Shoppe: Used and Rare – Twentynine Palms, CA
Raven‘s End Books – Winnipeg, Canada
Raven Used Books – Northampton/Shelburne Falls, MA
Robinson Crusoe 389 – Istanbul, Turkiye
Rosebud Bookshop – Porto, Portugal
The Iliad Bookshop – Los Angeles, CA
The Jumping Frog – Hartford, CT
The Mad Hatters Bookshop – Melbourne, Australia
The Raven‘s Heart Bookstore – Sayre, PA
The Raven‘s Nook – Waco, TX
The Raven‘s Perch – Modesto, CA
The Siren & The Sea Books – Rochester, NY
Treasure Island Comics – Fremont, CA
Ulises Libreria – Santiago, Chile
Ulysses Book Store- Trumansburg, NY
Ulysses Rare Books – Dublin, Ireland
Ulysses Srl Library Books – Bologna, Italy
Walden Books – London, England, UK
Walden Pond Books – Oakland, CA
Westside Stories – Buffalo, NY
White Raven Books – Ypsilanti, Michigan
White Whale [Moby Dick] Bookstore – Pittsburgh, PA
#Argonaut #books #Fahrenheit #Nevermore #poetry #Raven #Ulysses #writing -
Mit 'Ulysses' verhält es sich doch wie mit der 'Joseph Trilogie' und 'Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit'. Steht bildungsbürgerlich im Regal rum, aber wer hat es gelesen?
Na?! Fingerchen hoch! -
Happy #Bloomsday, for those who celebrate! #ulysses #joyce #dublin
https://jamesjoyce.ie/events/bloomsday-festival-2026/ -
Happy #Bloomsday, for those who celebrate! #ulysses #joyce #dublin
https://jamesjoyce.ie/events/bloomsday-festival-2026/ -
Happy Bloomsday, fedizens!
Here's a playlist for your peregrinations. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/624qUhQNDU1cPiiC8FQHbH?si=kbXepkLASxCvxiS7D-4wBQ
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I have to admit, though I wanted mightily to conquer #Ulysses, I remain defeated. I’ve drowned at least 4 times in its pages. Maybe it will give me some solace, and redemption, in purgatory. #Bloomsday #Joyce #Dublin #Mastodaoine RTÉ News: Celebrations taking place across Dublin for Bloomsday https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0616/1578601-bloomsday-celebrations-dublin/
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A first edition. I touched it.
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A first edition. I touched it.
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"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake"
Bloomsday, June 16th
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Bloomsday 2026
So it’s 16th June, a very special day in Ireland – especially Dublin – because 16th June 1904 is the date on which the story takes place of Ulysses by James Joyce. Bloomsday – named after the character Leopold Bloom – is an annual celebration not only of all things Joycean but also of Ireland’s wider cultural and literary heritage.
If you haven’t read Ulysses yet then you definitely should. It’s one of the great works of modern literature. And don’t let people put you off by telling you that it’s a difficult read. It’s a long read, that’s for sure -it’s over 900 pages – but the writing is full of colour and energy and it has a real sense of place. It’s a wonderful book. I’ve read it three times now, once as a teenager, once in my thirties, and again a few years ago when I’d reached sixty. Don’t worry if you don’t understand all of Ulysses. It’s like life: most of us never figure out what that’s all about, and it doesn’t really matter.
Joyce once said of Ulysses
I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant.
Well, he wasn’t wrong about that! They’re still arguing, The text is a kind of cultural celebration: references to Greeky mythology jostle with popular songs, lists, parodies, question-and-answer sections, and records of the characters innermost thoughts. The book is full of allusions and part of the fun is trying to follow them up. And anyone who likes puns will have a field day!
Anyway, here’s an excerpt. It’s from near the start of Chapter 4, where we meet Mr Leopold Bloom for the first time and discover that he’s fond of cats. He is making breakfast for his wife Molly, who is still in bed. I don’t know if Joyce ever had a cat, but he obviously knew a lot about them!
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Another slice of bread and butter: three, four: right. She didn’t like her plate full. Right. He turned from the tray, lifted the kettle off the hob and set it sideways on the fire. It sat there, dull and squat, its spout stuck out. Cup of tea soon. Good. Mouth dry. The cat walked stiffly round a leg of the table with tail on high.
—Mkgnao!
—O, there you are, Mr Bloom said, turning from the fire.
The cat mewed in answer and stalked again stiffly round a leg of the table, mewing. Just how she stalks over my writingtable. Prr. Scratch my head. Prr.
Mr Bloom watched curiously, kindly the lithe black form. Clean to see: the gloss of her sleek hide, the white button under the butt of her tail, the green flashing eyes. He bent down to her, his hands on his knees.
—Milk for the pussens, he said.
—Mrkgnao! the cat cried.
They call them stupid. They understand what we say better than we understand them. She understands all she wants to. Vindictive too. Cruel. Her nature. Curious mice never squeal. Seem to like it. Wonder what I look like to her. Height of a tower? No, she can jump me.
—Afraid of the chickens she is, he said mockingly. Afraid of the chookchooks. I never saw such a stupid pussens as the pussens.
—Mrkrgnao! the cat said loudly.
She blinked up out of her avid shameclosing eyes, mewing plaintively and long, showing him her milkwhite teeth. He watched the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones. Then he went to the dresser, took the jug Hanlon’s milkman had just filled for him, poured warmbubbled milk on a saucer and set it slowly on the floor.
—Gurrhr! she cried, running to lap.
He watched the bristles shining wirily in the weak light as she tipped three times and licked lightly. Wonder is it true if you clip them they can’t mouse after. Why? They shine in the dark, perhaps, the tips. Or kind of feelers in the dark, perhaps.I’ll also mention that if you have about 30 hours to spare you can listen to all of a radio broadcast of Ulysses from 1982.
#Bloomsday #cats #JamesJoyce #LeopoldBloom #Ulysses -
Bloomsday 2026
So it’s 16th June, a very special day in Ireland – especially Dublin – because 16th June 1904 is the date on which the story takes place of Ulysses by James Joyce. Bloomsday – named after the character Leopold Bloom – is an annual celebration not only of all things Joycean but also of Ireland’s wider cultural and literary heritage.
If you haven’t read Ulysses yet then you definitely should. It’s one of the great works of modern literature. And don’t let people put you off by telling you that it’s a difficult read. It’s a long read, that’s for sure -it’s over 900 pages – but the writing is full of colour and energy and it has a real sense of place. It’s a wonderful book. I’ve read it three times now, once as a teenager, once in my thirties, and again a few years ago when I’d reached sixty. Don’t worry if you don’t understand all of Ulysses. It’s like life: most of us never figure out what that’s all about, and it doesn’t really matter.
Joyce once said of Ulysses
I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant.
Well, he wasn’t wrong about that! They’re still arguing, The text is a kind of cultural celebration: references to Greeky mythology jostle with popular songs, lists, parodies, question-and-answer sections, and records of the characters innermost thoughts. The book is full of allusions and part of the fun is trying to follow them up. And anyone who likes puns will have a field day!
Anyway, here’s an excerpt. It’s from near the start of Chapter 4, where we meet Mr Leopold Bloom for the first time and discover that he’s fond of cats. He is making breakfast for his wife Molly, who is still in bed. I don’t know if Joyce ever had a cat, but he obviously knew a lot about them!
–o–
Another slice of bread and butter: three, four: right. She didn’t like her plate full. Right. He turned from the tray, lifted the kettle off the hob and set it sideways on the fire. It sat there, dull and squat, its spout stuck out. Cup of tea soon. Good. Mouth dry. The cat walked stiffly round a leg of the table with tail on high.
—Mkgnao!
—O, there you are, Mr Bloom said, turning from the fire.
The cat mewed in answer and stalked again stiffly round a leg of the table, mewing. Just how she stalks over my writingtable. Prr. Scratch my head. Prr.
Mr Bloom watched curiously, kindly the lithe black form. Clean to see: the gloss of her sleek hide, the white button under the butt of her tail, the green flashing eyes. He bent down to her, his hands on his knees.
—Milk for the pussens, he said.
—Mrkgnao! the cat cried.
They call them stupid. They understand what we say better than we understand them. She understands all she wants to. Vindictive too. Cruel. Her nature. Curious mice never squeal. Seem to like it. Wonder what I look like to her. Height of a tower? No, she can jump me.
—Afraid of the chickens she is, he said mockingly. Afraid of the chookchooks. I never saw such a stupid pussens as the pussens.
—Mrkrgnao! the cat said loudly.
She blinked up out of her avid shameclosing eyes, mewing plaintively and long, showing him her milkwhite teeth. He watched the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones. Then he went to the dresser, took the jug Hanlon’s milkman had just filled for him, poured warmbubbled milk on a saucer and set it slowly on the floor.
—Gurrhr! she cried, running to lap.
He watched the bristles shining wirily in the weak light as she tipped three times and licked lightly. Wonder is it true if you clip them they can’t mouse after. Why? They shine in the dark, perhaps, the tips. Or kind of feelers in the dark, perhaps.I’ll also mention that if you have about 30 hours to spare you can listen to all of a radio broadcast of Ulysses from 1982.
#cats #Ulysses #JamesJoyce #Bloomsday #LeopoldBloom -
Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate. It's important to start with a good breakfast. Sets you up for a full day of voyaging and exploration.
Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick, giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crust-crumbs, fried hencod's roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.
#Bloomsday #Joyce #Ulysses
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Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate. It's important to start with a good breakfast. Sets you up for a full day of voyaging and exploration.
Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick, giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crust-crumbs, fried hencod's roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.
#Bloomsday #Joyce #Ulysses
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RE: https://piaille.fr/@sonneur/116758142445750797
En effet, nous sommes le 16 juin.
« Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. […] »
#Joyce #Ulysses // #Ulysse #Dublin #literature // #litterature – #littérature >> #Bloomsday
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RE: https://piaille.fr/@sonneur/116758142445750797
En effet, nous sommes le 16 juin.
« Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. […] »
#Joyce #Ulysses // #Ulysse #Dublin #literature // #litterature – #littérature >> #Bloomsday
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@fuzzix @ColmDonoghue @IanMoore3000 Okay, in fairness, I probably would pay to see these guys, @faduda's Trekkies, and the Joycean boater bores to all land in at the same spot for the same event that's actually something different in each of their minds.
#Ulysses #Joyce #StarTrek #Trekkies #BloomsDay #Dublin #MastoDaoine
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@fuzzix @ColmDonoghue @IanMoore3000 Okay, in fairness, I probably would pay to see these guys, @faduda's Trekkies, and the Joycean boater bores to all land in at the same spot for the same event that's actually something different in each of their minds.
#Ulysses #Joyce #StarTrek #Trekkies #BloomsDay #Dublin #MastoDaoine
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PSA: A warning for Dubliners - Tuesday is Bloomsday. Brace yourselves for pompous southside blow-hards in straw boaters, wittering on about the snot-green sea and grilled kidneys, or whatever.
Brace yourselves - maybe don't go outside, if possible.
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PSA: A warning for Dubliners - Tuesday is Bloomsday. Brace yourselves for pompous southside blow-hards in straw boaters, wittering on about the snot-green sea and grilled kidneys, or whatever.
Brace yourselves - maybe don't go outside, if possible.
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“Bloomsday na USP” vai discutir e cantar a obra de James Joyce
- cijnusp
https://jornal.usp.br/cultura/bloomsday-na-usp-vai-celebrar-e-discutir-a-obra-de-james-joyce/
#Cultura #BloomsdaynaUSP #JamesJoyce #Literatura #Ulysses -
#UlyssesIn80 isn’t at all clear - it would be nice if they simply said the day’s reading was from line “Stately plump Buck” to line “fat out on the water”, say. https://www.ulyssesin80.com/daily-reading/day-2
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Die populäre Erweiterung #NotebookNavigator für #Obisidian ist seit heute in der dritten Version verfügbar und bringt in Anlehnung an Apss wie #Ulysses und #Scrivener viele praktische Funktionen für das Schreiben mit.
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https://www.europesays.com/at/96050/ Gewinnspiel – Tolle Preise zum Kinostart von „Normal“ gewinnen – Kronen Zeitung #AT #Austria #BenWheatley #BobOdenkirk #Cinema #Entertainment #ESAAustria #Kino #Movie #Normal #Österreich #Ulysses #Unterhaltung
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Ulysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece – BBC
James Joyce met publisher Sylvia Beach in 1920 shortly after he moved to ParisUlysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece
1 February 2022.
By Colm Kelpie, BBC News, NI
In the spring of 1921, Paris bookseller Sylvia Beach boasted about her plans to publish a novel she deemed a masterpiece that would be “ranked among the classics in English literature”.
“Ulysses is going to make my place famous,” she wrote of James Joyce’s acclaimed and challenging novel, written over seven years in three cities depicting the events of a single day in Dublin.
And it did.
On 2 February 1922, Beach published the first book edition of Ulysses, just in time for Joyce’s 40th birthday.
Stylistically dense in parts, it tells the stories of three central characters – Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly – and is now celebrated as one of the world’s most influential texts.
‘Tosh’
TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed Ulysses was “the most important expression which the present age has found”.
But the path to publication was not a smooth one. The novel sparked controversy and was greeted with revulsion by many – even among some in the literary community.
Sylvia Beach’s Paris bookshop was a haven for American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930sVirginia Woolf described it as “tosh”.
Parts had been serialised by US magazine Little Review in 1920, resulting in an obscenity trial that concluded with the editors being fined and ordered to cease further publication. It was also censured in Great Britain.
Beach, the owner of Shakespeare & Company on the Rue Dupuytren, was determined to have it published in book form, which she did, bankrolled in part by her own money on the promise of subscribers.
Writing about the task at the time, she said she had to “put every single centime aside to pay” the book’s printer.
Prof Keri Walsh, outside the modern incarnation of Shakespeare & Company, in ParisProf Keri Walsh, director of the Institute of Irish Studies at New York’s Fordham University, says Beach’s decision to publish turned her into a “culture-hero of the avant-garde.”
“There was a sense that people knew that this was going to be one of the defining books of modernism, so she understood that she would assure her own place in literary history by being the publisher of it,” Prof Walsh tells BBC News NI.
Ulysses: ‘Don’t read the criticism, read the book’Joyce and Beach first met in 1920, not long after he moved to Paris.
He had long left Ireland in self-imposed exile, living in Trieste, Zurich and the French capital.
Beach described that meeting as a powerful moment, says Prof Walsh.
“Joyce was very tired at this point. He had spent so much time fighting to finish Ulysses, and get through [World War One] and survive, he felt she could provide some sort of stability and support for him and his family,” she adds.
“She was much more than a publisher – a banker, agent, administrator, friend of the family. For a very long time that relationship worked well.”
But following disputes over publishing rights, the relationship between Joyce and Beach soured and the latter ultimately ceded the novel’s rights, writes Prof Walsh in The Letters of Sylvia Beach.
Sylvia Beach eventually ceded the publishing rights to Ulysses after her relationship with Joyce souredRandom House published Ulysses in 1934 after the US ban on publication was overturned the previous year.
That marketed it to a bigger audience, but it was 20 years before writers began to “claim” Joyce, says John McCourt, professor of English at the University of Macerata in Italy.
While Joyce was deeply frustrated by the reception Ulysses had received, he was equally unrelenting, adds Prof McCourt.
“He wouldn’t change a comma to make it more acceptable to whatever public taste deemed was OK.
“He saw himself becoming a cause celebre and played it for all it was worth.”
Tips for reading (or attempting to read) Ulysses
Prof John McCourt, University of Macerata, Italy
Nobody is fully prepared to read the book.
If you know something about music that would be a big help.
If you know something about Ireland and its history, that would help.
Don’t try and read it too quickly. Read it out loud as it does come alive.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Ulysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece
#100Years #BBC #BBCNews #Bookshop #ColmKelpie #February21922Published #From2022 #JamesJoyce #LeopoldBloom #LiteraryMasterpiece #MollyBloom #Paris #Publication #PublishedIn1934InUS #Publisher #RandomHouse #ReadingUlysses #ShakespeareCompany #StephenDedalus #SylviaBeach #TSEliot #Ulysses -
Ulysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece – BBC
James Joyce met publisher Sylvia Beach in 1920 shortly after he moved to ParisUlysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece
1 February 2022.
By Colm Kelpie, BBC News, NI
In the spring of 1921, Paris bookseller Sylvia Beach boasted about her plans to publish a novel she deemed a masterpiece that would be “ranked among the classics in English literature”.
“Ulysses is going to make my place famous,” she wrote of James Joyce’s acclaimed and challenging novel, written over seven years in three cities depicting the events of a single day in Dublin.
And it did.
On 2 February 1922, Beach published the first book edition of Ulysses, just in time for Joyce’s 40th birthday.
Stylistically dense in parts, it tells the stories of three central characters – Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly – and is now celebrated as one of the world’s most influential texts.
‘Tosh’
TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed Ulysses was “the most important expression which the present age has found”.
But the path to publication was not a smooth one. The novel sparked controversy and was greeted with revulsion by many – even among some in the literary community.
Sylvia Beach’s Paris bookshop was a haven for American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930sVirginia Woolf described it as “tosh”.
Parts had been serialised by US magazine Little Review in 1920, resulting in an obscenity trial that concluded with the editors being fined and ordered to cease further publication. It was also censured in Great Britain.
Beach, the owner of Shakespeare & Company on the Rue Dupuytren, was determined to have it published in book form, which she did, bankrolled in part by her own money on the promise of subscribers.
Writing about the task at the time, she said she had to “put every single centime aside to pay” the book’s printer.
Prof Keri Walsh, outside the modern incarnation of Shakespeare & Company, in ParisProf Keri Walsh, director of the Institute of Irish Studies at New York’s Fordham University, says Beach’s decision to publish turned her into a “culture-hero of the avant-garde.”
“There was a sense that people knew that this was going to be one of the defining books of modernism, so she understood that she would assure her own place in literary history by being the publisher of it,” Prof Walsh tells BBC News NI.
Ulysses: ‘Don’t read the criticism, read the book’Joyce and Beach first met in 1920, not long after he moved to Paris.
He had long left Ireland in self-imposed exile, living in Trieste, Zurich and the French capital.
Beach described that meeting as a powerful moment, says Prof Walsh.
“Joyce was very tired at this point. He had spent so much time fighting to finish Ulysses, and get through [World War One] and survive, he felt she could provide some sort of stability and support for him and his family,” she adds.
“She was much more than a publisher – a banker, agent, administrator, friend of the family. For a very long time that relationship worked well.”
But following disputes over publishing rights, the relationship between Joyce and Beach soured and the latter ultimately ceded the novel’s rights, writes Prof Walsh in The Letters of Sylvia Beach.
Sylvia Beach eventually ceded the publishing rights to Ulysses after her relationship with Joyce souredRandom House published Ulysses in 1934 after the US ban on publication was overturned the previous year.
That marketed it to a bigger audience, but it was 20 years before writers began to “claim” Joyce, says John McCourt, professor of English at the University of Macerata in Italy.
While Joyce was deeply frustrated by the reception Ulysses had received, he was equally unrelenting, adds Prof McCourt.
“He wouldn’t change a comma to make it more acceptable to whatever public taste deemed was OK.
“He saw himself becoming a cause celebre and played it for all it was worth.”
Tips for reading (or attempting to read) Ulysses
Prof John McCourt, University of Macerata, Italy
Nobody is fully prepared to read the book.
If you know something about music that would be a big help.
If you know something about Ireland and its history, that would help.
Don’t try and read it too quickly. Read it out loud as it does come alive.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
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Ulysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece – BBC
James Joyce met publisher Sylvia Beach in 1920 shortly after he moved to ParisUlysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece
1 February 2022.
By Colm Kelpie, BBC News, NI
In the spring of 1921, Paris bookseller Sylvia Beach boasted about her plans to publish a novel she deemed a masterpiece that would be “ranked among the classics in English literature”.
“Ulysses is going to make my place famous,” she wrote of James Joyce’s acclaimed and challenging novel, written over seven years in three cities depicting the events of a single day in Dublin.
And it did.
On 2 February 1922, Beach published the first book edition of Ulysses, just in time for Joyce’s 40th birthday.
Stylistically dense in parts, it tells the stories of three central characters – Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly – and is now celebrated as one of the world’s most influential texts.
‘Tosh’
TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed Ulysses was “the most important expression which the present age has found”.
But the path to publication was not a smooth one. The novel sparked controversy and was greeted with revulsion by many – even among some in the literary community.
Sylvia Beach’s Paris bookshop was a haven for American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930sVirginia Woolf described it as “tosh”.
Parts had been serialised by US magazine Little Review in 1920, resulting in an obscenity trial that concluded with the editors being fined and ordered to cease further publication. It was also censured in Great Britain.
Beach, the owner of Shakespeare & Company on the Rue Dupuytren, was determined to have it published in book form, which she did, bankrolled in part by her own money on the promise of subscribers.
Writing about the task at the time, she said she had to “put every single centime aside to pay” the book’s printer.
Prof Keri Walsh, outside the modern incarnation of Shakespeare & Company, in ParisProf Keri Walsh, director of the Institute of Irish Studies at New York’s Fordham University, says Beach’s decision to publish turned her into a “culture-hero of the avant-garde.”
“There was a sense that people knew that this was going to be one of the defining books of modernism, so she understood that she would assure her own place in literary history by being the publisher of it,” Prof Walsh tells BBC News NI.
Ulysses: ‘Don’t read the criticism, read the book’Joyce and Beach first met in 1920, not long after he moved to Paris.
He had long left Ireland in self-imposed exile, living in Trieste, Zurich and the French capital.
Beach described that meeting as a powerful moment, says Prof Walsh.
“Joyce was very tired at this point. He had spent so much time fighting to finish Ulysses, and get through [World War One] and survive, he felt she could provide some sort of stability and support for him and his family,” she adds.
“She was much more than a publisher – a banker, agent, administrator, friend of the family. For a very long time that relationship worked well.”
But following disputes over publishing rights, the relationship between Joyce and Beach soured and the latter ultimately ceded the novel’s rights, writes Prof Walsh in The Letters of Sylvia Beach.
Sylvia Beach eventually ceded the publishing rights to Ulysses after her relationship with Joyce souredRandom House published Ulysses in 1934 after the US ban on publication was overturned the previous year.
That marketed it to a bigger audience, but it was 20 years before writers began to “claim” Joyce, says John McCourt, professor of English at the University of Macerata in Italy.
While Joyce was deeply frustrated by the reception Ulysses had received, he was equally unrelenting, adds Prof McCourt.
“He wouldn’t change a comma to make it more acceptable to whatever public taste deemed was OK.
“He saw himself becoming a cause celebre and played it for all it was worth.”
Tips for reading (or attempting to read) Ulysses
Prof John McCourt, University of Macerata, Italy
Nobody is fully prepared to read the book.
If you know something about music that would be a big help.
If you know something about Ireland and its history, that would help.
Don’t try and read it too quickly. Read it out loud as it does come alive.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Ulysses: Celebrating 100 years of a literary masterpiece
#100Years #BBC #BBCNews #Bookshop #ColmKelpie #February21922Published #From2022 #JamesJoyce #LeopoldBloom #LiteraryMasterpiece #MollyBloom #Paris #Publication #PublishedIn1934InUS #Publisher #RandomHouse #ReadingUlysses #ShakespeareCompany #StephenDedalus #SylviaBeach #TSEliot #Ulysses -
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More Joyce stuff for those interested in his writing. The LRB put our a very interesting podcast a few months back with Colm Tóibín discussing Ulysses. Colm is a very engaging broadcaster.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/fact-checking-ulysses
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More Joyce stuff for those interested in his writing. The LRB put our a very interesting podcast a few months back with Colm Tóibín discussing Ulysses. Colm is a very engaging broadcaster.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/fact-checking-ulysses
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