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Celebrating the Centenary Anniversary of the Release of James Joyce's Ulysses. Joyce’s Ulysses was first published in its entirety on February 2, 1922, which was also Joyce’s 40th birthday. Leopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of the novel. He is the Odysseus figure whose wanderings through Dublin during one 24-hour on June 16, 1904. This date is now … [Read more...] about 2026 Bloomsday Celebrations
Bloomsday, Wednesday June 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm EDT
“in Ulysses, in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist…my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted … [Read more...] about “Zoomsday”
A Virtual Celebration of
James Joyce’s Ulysses
June 16 has been immortalized by lovers of James Joyce's Ulysses everywhere as "Bloomsday" and has become an annual day of pilgrimage and celebration. Ulysses is the epic hour-by-hour account of one day in Dublin -- June 16, 1904. In the novel, the hero, Leopold Bloom -- an ordinary Dubliner -- is a modern-day Odysseus wandering through the urban landscape which is alternately … [Read more...] about Leopold Bloom Lives On
