Sinopsis
Re: Joyce! On the international literary feast day of Bloomsday 2010, we launched a podcast to commemorate James Joyce's mighty novel, "Ulysses", the action of which took place in 18 hours of June 16, 1904. Every week you'll find a five-minute mini-essay from me designed to take you through the novel that's on every list of the greatest books ever written. And as Ulysses runs to some 375,000 words, and I mean to go through it sentence by sentence if I have to, in order to convey the full brilliance of this novel - and the enjoyment to be had from it - I'll be podcasting for some time to come! It's such an absorbing book, it's got diamond mines of references, it's so compassionate, so tender, so moving, so funny - and most of us never know that, because most of us have long been daunted by it. No need to be afraid any more - that is, if you make a habit of listening to these podcasts.
Episodios
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Episode 74: Proud English Words
09/11/2011 Duración: 09minMr. Deasy expounds on the power of money; Frank digresses.
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Episode 72a: Joyce the Impressionist
28/10/2011 Duración: 11minIn this bonus episode, Frank draws from Frank Budgen's memoir to illuminate Joyce's painterly grasp of detail and language.
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Episode 71: Of Coins and Spoons
19/10/2011 Duración: 06minAs Stephen waits in the headmaster's study, we learn something about its inhabitant.
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Episode 70: At Last, Nestor
12/10/2011 Duración: 06minA new character enters the stage in the longest and least complicated passage yet.
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Episode 69: Dark Palaces
05/10/2011 Duración: 08minMore on mothers, their love, and secret childhoods.
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Episode 68: A Trio of Dudes
28/09/2011 Duración: 07minStephen dwells on ancient philosophers: Averroes, Moses Maimonides, Bruno.
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Episode 66: Mother Love
14/09/2011 Duración: 07minEyeing the student Sargent, Stephen considers saints, sons, and mothers.
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Episode 65: Out of the Shell
07/09/2011 Duración: 07minStephen's reflections on a poor student plumb the limits of a mother's love.
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Episode 64: Blind Man's Bluff
31/08/2011 Duración: 07minA boy stays after class, and Joyce toys with both authority and identity.
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Episode 63: A Lot of Nonsense
24/08/2011 Duración: 09minAs Stephen's class lets out, a riddle is asked and answered, satisfying nobody.
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Episode 62: God and Caesar
17/08/2011 Duración: 06minStephen is a somewhat merciful teacher. Musings on Jesus, government, and riddles.
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Episode 61: In a Paris Library
10/08/2011 Duración: 09minStephen's classroom; a library in Paris; Blake and Aristotle; dragons and souls.
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Episode 60a: The Writing of Ulysses
05/08/2011 Duración: 09minObservations on the author, and the history of Ulysses.
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Episode 60: Living at This Hour
03/08/2011 Duración: 07minIn Stephen's classroom, Joyce brings in Milton. Reflections on drowning.
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Episode 59: A Tile Off the Roof
27/07/2011 Duración: 08minIn Stephen's musings on history, real and potential, Frank finds a recurring Joycean theme.
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Episode 58: A Disappointed Bridge
20/07/2011 Duración: 07minStephen muses on first-rate wit and second-hand history.
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Episode 57: A Touch of Class
13/07/2011 Duración: 08minIn Stephen's classroom, four girls' names hint at religion, class, and sex.