I am a new reader of Joyce and wanted to make a gushing post of appreciation after having read The Dead, Portrait, and nearly Ulysses (on Penelope chapter now). I figured this would be the right place to choir preach.

I very much enjoy the light poetic fluidity of Joyce that has hidden beneath the ostensible 'poetry' a profundity of, on one hand, the vast array of literature and philosophy that he has carefully absorbed, and on the other his shrewd insights from ordinary life experience. This allows the deeper and slower absorption to be immensely rewarding.

Joyce has changed my entire perspective on poetry. As an analytical person, I previously found poetry to be too flowery and abstract but after seeing what power can hide beneath it, I now see Joyce's poetic prose as perhaps the highest form of expression. What can be higher than combining quick wit, spontaneous novelty, philosophical clarity, and raw humanity in one form? He does not place one above the other but allows them all to coexist, unlike many writers who try to use their work as a vehicle for one or the other.

Previously, Dostoyevsky blew me away with his raw humanity and philosophical clarity before Thomas Mann stunned me with the same two, adding some wit (a bit less humanity than Dos). But now that I have taken in Joyce, I cannot imagine there being anyone else who comes anywhere close. Granted, I've only been reading literature for a few years so hopefully I will be proven wrong. Or perhaps Joyce broke literature and everyone has since been trying to sweep up his mess, unable to live up to his greatness? Big shoes to fill. Excited to be proven wrong!

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has any insight into possible Freudian influence on Joyce's work (particularly 'Portrait') and if there are specific Freud philosophies I should read to understand Joyce more deeply? '

Thank you x

Just noticed this in Kerouac's Lonesome Traveller, the only time I can remember him referencing Joyce tho I'm probably wrong

Nice sanwitch at davey Byrnes, vert nice moral establishment with no fies in the window

A Russian spy ship has been escorted out of the Irish Sea after it entered Irish-controlled waters and patrolled an area containing critical energy and internet submarine pipelines and cables.

It was spotted on Thursday east of Dublin and south-west of the Isle of Man but Norwegian, US, French and British navy and air defence services initially observed it accompanying a Russian warship, the Admiral Golovko, through the English channel last weekend.

Russian spy network operating in North Sea, investigation claimsRead more

The Irish navy ship the LÉ James Joyce escorted it out of the Irish exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at about 3am on Friday with the air corps continuing to monitor its movements as it headed south.

So I'm new to Bluesky (the X-itter alternative, as we all leave the Muskox sinking ship), and I make 3 posts to start my foray into this network: an intro post and the two in the picture. One nerding out because I just got Slote et al's annotations and one on Ulysses. Notice my first freaking likes?! I love author interactions!

Just…wow. I wish I had read it sooner. To me, it seems to be a book for book lovers. It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s deep, it’s…everything. I’m sad I’m done, and am tempted to start it over again immediately.

If you’ve been put off from reading Ulysses because you’ve heard how hard it is, my advice would be, just read it! It’s however hard you want it to be. You can spend lots of time reading annotations and going down rabbit holes, or you can simply let things you don’t understand, just slide by. Either way, it’s a blast.

I took a stab at ranking my favorite “Episodes”, and I’m 100% sure this will change on a re-read.

I’m curious what are your favorite episodes? If one of my lower ranked ones is your higher ranked, tell me why and hopefully that will help me view it in a new light!

• Proteus
• Sirens
• Lestrygonians
• Wandering Rocks
• Calypso
• Scylla and Charybdis
• Telemachus
• Ithaca
• Penelope
• Circe
• Nausicaa
• Cyclops
• Eumaeus
• Lotus-Eaters
• Hades
• Aeolus
• Nestor
• Oxen of the Sun

Just wanted to drop somethings that have helped me out during this journey. I decided to read Ulysses because I wanted something to challenge me, something to make me feel alive. However I'm not that much of an intellectual and it has been some time since I touched a not academic book just to enjoy, so I was afraid I would not like it, but I surely was proved wrong. For you first readers as me you don't need a full book of anotations or a degree in literature to understand and enjoy the book! Here are some tips from a friend:

1. Dont be so pressed to understand every single thing, every reference on the first time. It is a book that you will need to reread several times.
2. I found an youtube channel of a cute grandpa whose videos say just enough for you to understand and enjoy each episode of the book. Watch his videos before reading and everything is gonna be okay. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxlGs_Xj2HYA8P6E2Jy6Ub9m7eqs-9lcU&si=URSqLoFmBFs-T-hD
3. Use artificial intelligence to catch some references or understand the parts that you are having a hard time reading. This was specially importante for me because I am not a native english speaker but I am too picky to not read it in the original language. So sometimes AI helped me catch the parts that were more poetic.
4. Make your own annotations and enjoy digging the book. Take your time, dont rush.
5. Actually have fun, I found spotify playlists, images, drawings. It is just really exciting to catch the references.

I am still in the begning but I am really happy that I found a way to just be delighted by it without any guilt. Hope it helps!

I’ve read Ulysses several times but have recently purchased the Gifford annotations and am ready to dive in. What are some opinions on the best way to read these two books simultaneously? I don’t want to get too bogged down in the annotations and not enjoy the flow of Ulysses. But I think I’m also ready to further my understanding of the meaning behind many of Joyce’s phrases and allusions. Thank you in advance.

Portrait of James Joyce, oil and enamel on canvas, 60x80cm, Mat Carey, 2024

Painted whilst listening to Ulysses and exploring the areas that the book was written about.

#james #joyce #jamesjoyce #portrait #portraiture #oilpainting #aerosol #enamel #painting #art #graffitiart ##juxtaposition #old #new #pink #black #writer #literature #ulysses #contemporary #contemporaryart #contemporaryportrait #dunlaoghaire #sandycove #walks #footsteps #writingonthewall #art collector

Hello, guys! It's given in the English speaking world that James Joyce is THE greatest who ever picked the pen. With the literary weight of the volumes like A Portrait..., Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and Dubliners...there is little doubt about the claim. But the sheer brilliance of all this work makes one all the more curious about the man behind it all. One truly wants to peep into the mind of the great man. As close as possible. And the most efficient ways to do it is to read personal writings and nonfiction works by the man on issues close to his heart as a man of this world. Is there any such work out there that one can pick up by James Joyce?

I’m not much of a reader but looking to improve my English and have fun with it. Any notable things you’d say about the novel to get me eager to read it? :)

Edit: I have also begun reading Dante’s Inferno, don’t worry about my English level,

Sorry if I'm totally wrong and confused, as this is not a very well-formed idea. I was just learning about metrical feet and thought about something. I've not expanded on this at all, and I have absolutely no idea if there's any particular truth to it. I imagine some of you who know more about Ulysses could say yay or nay. So, dactylic hexameter consists of a pattern of one long followed by two short syllables. Two short syllables in a metric foot is called a Pyrrhic. This is called the arsis, while the first long syllable is called the thesis, apparently. Would the second chapter, where Pyrrhus is mentioned repeatedly, throughout much of the chapter, be considered a sort of arsis? I also have not though about this in relation to anything else in the book, so keep that in mind.

Secretary Buttigieg has spoken of his admiration for Ulysses, and I assume he was turned onto Joyce by his father. Jospeh A. Buttigieg's A Portrait of the Artist in Different Perspective came out in 1987. Has anyone here read it? Any good?

This whole section of the book is so elegantly written. The image of the girl in the water and the pictures of the seaside nearly brought me to tears the first time I read it.

Only James Joyce can make the switch from “vomiting profusely” to the most beautiful paragraph ever.

(The yellowish haze imagery reminds me of T.S Eliot’s The Love Song of Alfred J Prufrock: “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes…”

So I like James Joyce and I have read Ulysses and I really admire his stream technique since it enables us to see what his characters are thinking and I can't believe I found a Reddit community dedicated to one of my favorite authors of all time and I am so happy I have decided to truly out his stream of consciousness technique so don't judge me please if it is wrong or imperfect but anyway music is playing outside as I write this some amaliano from South Africa which my friends are dancing to as they prepare for the grad senior party on Friday whic just cost 500 leaches but my father can't afford which is surprising because he managed to send me to DKNSS which is the country's best secondary school which is also a boarding with food and everything but anyway the day is over and people are sleeping and i am supposed to be studying but here I am in the library practicing stream of consciousness on my friend Enoch's phone and I like Enoch nice friend met him in grade 8 and he helped me with some of his food and when he became captain let me use his phone and prefect cube for personal stuff but he says no procrastination and says I must study since the Exam final is after next week but I don't listen and have a wondering mind and I think about Reddit and James Joyce and Ulysses and Stephen Daedalus and the Blooms but I must study and stop writing this but how do I stop oh how do I stop so I can get serious and study win order to ensure a good future for myself and the girl I will marry in the future oh how do I stop can I stop here oh yes yes yes have i stopped?