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Every entry from the reading series and the standalone essays.
100.0 - Commencement in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
One quiet evening, sunk into the corner of a soft couch with the fire throwing little gold flickers across the room, ...
011.0 - I’m the Übermensch
Episode 1 · Telemachus
We are using the original 1922 First Printing by Shakespeare & Co. - section…
010.0 - I Am The Servant of Two Masters
Episode 1 · Telemachus
We are using the original 1922 First Printing by Shakespeare & Co. - section…
009.0 - The Ballad of Joking Jesus
Episode 1 · Telemachus
We are using the original 1922 First Printing by Shakespeare & Co. - section…
001.3 - Phall if you but will, rise you must
Finnegans Wake · Book 1
We are using the 1999 Penguin Classics edition of Finnegans Wake, with an introduction by John…
001.2 - Finnegan, erse solid man
Finnegans Wake · Book 1
We are using the 1999 Penguin Classics edition of Finnegans Wake, with an introduction by John…
001.1 - Joyce's Skyquake
Finnegans Wake · Book 1
We are using the 1999 Penguin Classics edition of Finnegans Wake, with an introduction by John…
098.0 - The Wandering Rocks - WIP
Episode 10 · Wandering Rocks
John Conmee S.J John Stephen Conmee SJ (- Reverend of Saint Francis Xavier’s…
097.0 - Scylla & Charybdis
Episode 9 · Scylla & Charybdis
Thomas William Lyster: Director of National Library of Dublin 1895-1920 regarded as the “quaker librarian”. He was kn...
096.0 - Lestrygonians - WIP
Episode 8 · Lestrygonians
Ben Dollard: A well known tenor - “He has legs like barrels” “Big…
095.0 - Aeolus - WIP
Episode 7 · Aeolus
Red Murray: This character was based on Joyce’s maternal uncle - John “Red” Murray. Red Murray worked in accounts for...
094.0 - Hades - WIP
Episode 6 · Hades
Jack Power: Mr. Power is first seen in “Grace” in Dubliners. It is let known that he doesn’t “relish the use of his C...
093.0 - Lotus-Eaters - WIP
Episode 5 · Lotus Eaters
Tom Kernan: This character first appeared in Dubliners in “Grace”. He has a mustache in which he could twirl the ends...
092.0 - Calypso - WIP
Episode 4 · Calypso
Leopold Bloom: The main character of this story. We find that Bloom has a fascination with excrement and the anus. He...
091.0 - Proteus - WIP
Episode 3 · Proteus
Sandymount Strand - A area of sandy beach that tide comes and goes. Stephen is walking on this observing his surround...
090.0 - Nestor - WIP
Episode 2 · Nestor
Mr Deasy: Is modeled after Francis Irwin who James Joyce worked for for some time. He was the headmaster of the Clift...
James Joyce & Charles Dickens Parallels: Martin Chuzzlewit
Joyce in the World
In Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Pecksniff, the master of self-serving morality, reflects on his higher status, contrasting ...
008.3 - Omphalos: The Center of It All
Episode 1 · Telemachus
The term “omphalos” appears twice in the first episode of Ulysses, each time adding layers to the novel’s themes of h...
008.2 - Billy Pitt & The French Threat
Episode 1 · Telemachus
What is Buck talking about when he states "Billy Pitt had them built". Let's dive in a…
001.0 - riverrun, From Swerve Of Shore To Bend Of Bay
Finnegans Wake · Book 1
We are using the 1999 Penguin Classics edition of Finnegans Wake, with an introduction by John…