Featured Photo Source: Frank Shovlin’s Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners and the Literary Revival, Oxford University Press In James Joyce’s “The … More
Month: May 2020
Dublin Usher’s Island – No. 15
And we are back to Dublin! For this week’s virtual travels I decided to check out some of the places … More
Joyce: Life and Dead
This week I was introduced to the Irish author, James Joyce, and reading “Dubliners ” one of the themes that … More
The Female Experience in Irish Literature
One theme that has continued to reoccur in the literature that has been read so far, is the plight of … More
The Days of the Dead(s)… (Spoilers for Coco)
This week found me revisiting one of my favorite short stories, James Joyce’s “The Dead” of Dubliners. The story chronicles … More
The Influence of Growth and Development on Religion
It’s evident to see the impact of how Joyce viewed religion in his book Dubliners. Raised as a Roman Catholic … More
Universal Paralysis
One of the main themes from this week, to me, was the feeling of paralysis. It’s something palpable that can … More
Magdalene Laundries
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/magdalene-laundries-i-often-wondered-why-were-they-so-cruel-1.3521600 This week, I did some more concentrated wandering into another piece of Ireland’s complicated history. I toured the Magdalene … More
Joyce and Otherness
When reading Joyce, I noticed multiple references to Eastern exoticism. The first occurs in the…
Imagining Dublin Across The Globe
This week, my virtual travels took me outside of Dublin and to the West of Ireland. Joyce’s Dubliners, while taking … More
