Featured Photo Source: Frank Shovlin’s Journey Westward: Joyce, Dubliners and the Literary Revival, Oxford University Press In James Joyce’s “The … More
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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
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
Universal Paralysis
One of the main themes from this week, to me, was the feeling of paralysis. It’s something palpable that can … More
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
Chapelizod: Iseult’s Chapel
As we read Dubliners this week, ‘A Painful Case’ struck me the most. I wanted so badly to give Mr. … More
Eveline, Eurydice
When thinking of “Eveline” and the titular heroine’s struggle to leave Dublin, I was reminded of the Ancient Greek myth … More
Angst and Metallic Grey Eyeshadow
All right, I’m not sure if anyone else was raised with super angsty, goth cousins, but I sure was, so … More
Humanity, The Dead, and Joyce
One thing that I really enjoyed about “The Dead”was that nothing really happened. What I mean by that is that … More
