@ulysses80.bsky.social
A bookclub for anyone interested in reading James Joyce's Ulysses in 80 days - started on June 1st 2025, finishing on August 19th 2025 (about 8-12 pages/day depending on the edition). See also: https://www.facebook.com/groups/807437940911499
ChatStartDay 79 'sparrowfart...' (another great insult!)
18.08.2025 10:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ilaria Susmel talks about Trieste, Joyce and Ulysses and her cousin Sylvia, also a Triestian, sings podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
18.08.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0(and this wonโt be the first time thisโll happen). The first edition to have the dot as a dot is actually the French translation of 1929; the first English edition to have it is the Odyssey Press edition of 1932. American Random House edition of 1934 and the British Bodley Head of 36 donโt have it.
17.08.2025 13:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0the first edition. In later printings (1924โ25) itโs a bit messier, which is probably due to wear and tear in the type but it might be due to the printer trying to make it a bit rounded. The 1926 edition had the type completely re-set and the dot is absent because the printer just messed up
17.08.2025 13:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0from Sam Slote: 'The dot admits of many meanings. Joyce was quite clear it should be a prominent โpointโ (in French point means both point *and* full stop), sort of like the โข character, a tad larger and bolder than a plain full stop. Because of printing limitations it would up a square in ...'
17.08.2025 13:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0one interpretation:
crisismagazine.com/opinion/fare...
Who noticed the large dot at the end of Ithaca? [not all editions of Ulysses have it and it's sometimes in the wrong place in others...]
16.08.2025 10:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0They didn't marry until 1931
15.08.2025 10:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0ChatStart: 'What advantages were possessed by an occupied, as distinct from an unoccupied bed?'....
15.08.2025 08:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0ChatStart: 'altercation with a truculent troglodyte' - 'truculent troglodyte!!! Isn't it such a brilliant insult....
15.08.2025 08:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0who did that....
13.08.2025 21:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'a beehive arranged on human principles...'
13.08.2025 07:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0share.google/5VEFS8hAm01P...
11.08.2025 14:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'amid thy hair is as a slice of pomegranate' biblehub.com/bsb/songs/6....
11.08.2025 01:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Many thanks - error has been there for four years! Will correct for next year...
11.08.2025 01:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0'amid thy hair as a slice of pomegranate'
www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Son...
Seemingly, Dante was a massive influence on Joyce. Daragh O'Connell of UCC gives some wonderful glimpses of this influence here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...