"Conqueror of forty" This is the hacking chestnut. The boys would suspend chestnuts on strings and knock them together until one broke. This one survived ...
Thanks for your reply.I read somewhere that conqurer of 40 doesn't mean that it has won 40 chestnuts but e.g. 4 ones that each has defeated 10 others....
I'm new. I like Joyce's work. I don't know why, but I think it has something to do with Kentucky.<br>I've read Dubliners many a-time over and am working ...
As far as the hacking chestnut goes, I guess I've been advised as to the particulars. Thanks. <br><br>As the recordings go, I know that Joyce made recordings ...
Hi, i'm new here. Personally, I don't think I would have been able to handle Ulysses without previously studying Homer, the Bible, and Shakespeare (especially...
Has anyone read "Joyce and Shakespeare"? It's an eye-opening experience. It turns out that the Jewish Shakespeare with an unfaithful wife described by Stephen...
Talking of Greek mythology, the surname is interesting: Daedalus, the father of Icarus. Daedalus - Michael Dedalus, Icarus - Stephen. i guess you could draw ...
(Sat) Yes it's Bloomsday. I plan to read at least a little from Ulysses and drink a Guiness or two...<br><br>If you're in LA, there's a presentation by Redmond...
Daedalus was more than simply the father of Icarus to Joyce. Daedalus was the master craftsman in greek mythology. Joyce saw in him the spirit of the ...
Can anyone recommend a book that highlights Joyce's relationship with Hemingway? I am particularly interested in the help Hemingway provided in smuggling first...
Hello Joyce fans. I just completed my first reading of Ulysses. I have to say that at times it was painstaking! However, it was one of the most incredible and ...
Can someone please clue me in on the significance of the spud Bloom carried around? I'm on my 3rd reading of Ulysses, and I've looked at Ulysses Annotated, The...
I am a newcomer to the Joycean world also. I have only read the small works. Dubliners and Exiles have proved enough for me to put Joyce in the upper echelon ...
The potato is symbolic of the continuity of life, apparently.<br>This fits in nicely with the 'met him pike hoses' reference in Bloom's first chapter, and all...
Hi<br><br>I am working on Ulysess for my thesis (honours) and am interested in looking at the notion of palimpset of identity : ie, the way in which the...
Not only that, Richard Brown (1992) maintains that the potato is a Homeric paralell. In The Odessy, Odysseus obtains a herb which protects him from the magic ...
Hi. My name is Jon and I'm an undergrad in NY. I was tossing around something similar to your question awhile back. I looked at the idea of "parallax" at some ...
hello....new member....just finished stephen hero, and am reading exiles and collected poems.<br>this past year read dubliners, and portrait....im many ways i...
Hello everyone, where-ever ye may be.<br><br>Just thought I'd mention that a movie of Ulysses is being made. Seems like it's still in the very early stages, ...
I know you're out there! Nobody but me and a couplanewguys (hi there marxred and jwleps) may log in here nowdays, but some of you at least are getting messages...
yes...truely!....favorite poets?....bob dylan, leonard cohen, allen ginsburg and jimmy joyce!.....i too write poetry and i count these 4 as my mentors!...
Nice to meet you. I'm with you there on Bob Dylan, and I find Ginsburg interesting sometimes. I enjoy Leonard Cohen in the right setting (ie, the soundtrack of...
I am not a literature major;I've not taken a single course in literature; and, English is not my native language. Notwithstanding, I like Joyce and agree with...
Well, everyone else is talking Joyce, and I just cant resist. Yes, it is hard to write after extensive Joyce reading, as it is with any great writer. To try to...
