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Reading and interpreting the works of THE GREAT ARTIFICER, JAMES JOYCE. Close, slow readings of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    ARABY AND THE IRISH ‘AISLING TRADITION’ (opens the original)

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    In the canon of Irish literature, few poetic structures carry as much political and emotional weight as the Aisling (pronounced ash-ling, Irish for “vision” or “dream”). Originating in late 17th- and 18th-century Gaelic poetry, the traditional aisling functions as a national allegory: a male poet, wandering in a dreamlike state, encounters an ethereal, radiant woman (Spéirbhean</e

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Reading Dubliners: Stories 1-3 SCHEDULE (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    THEMES IN THE ‘CHILDHOOD’ STORIES OF JOYCE’S ‘DUBLINERS’ (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    INTRODUCING JOYCE: A CLOSE ANALYSIS OF THE SISTERS (THE OPENING STORY in Dubliners) (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    INTRODUCING JOYCE’S DUBLINERS (opens the original)

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    Reading Dubliners before diving into Ulysses isn’t just a warm-up—it provides the essential map, populated world, and thematic foundation for everything Joyce builds later on June 16, 1904, the date on which all the action in Ulysses takes place. Why Reading Dubliners First Is Essential for UlyssesThe Shared Ecosystem of Characters: Dublin in Dubliners and Ulysses is a singular, living organism. Dozens of minor figures who step into the foreground as main characters in Dubliners reappear

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