7 Great Works of Literature Set in Ireland
By Hannah White St. Patrick’s Day is almost here. To celebrate Irish history, I’ve curated a list of 7 great works of literature set in Ireland to read this March…
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Shakespeare & Company: The Story is on the Shelves
By Jack Callahan The windows are dusty in the corners of the grilles, the glass has rippled at the bottoms of the panes, and on this spring morning the leaves…
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IN A QUIET CORNER OF ITALY …TRIESTE
Destination: Trieste, Italy and Rovinj, Croatia Dates: September 25–October 4, 2015 (9 nights) For more information on this trip please contact Literary Traveler. 1-855-LIT-TRVL Readings: Selected readings by James Joyce, Italo Svevo,…
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James Joyce and the Golden Gate of Pula
By Sara Whitestone I stood in Portorata Square in Pula, Croatia, the late afternoon sun shining through the Arc of the Sergii. Today this Roman arch is still sometimes called…
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A ‘Moral Pub’ Crawl Through James Joyce’s Dublin
by Mike Karnes The sun casts shadows on the marble bar, its sheen worn dull by 120 years of greasy palms and frothy brew. Denudation through inebriation. A glass tips. …
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Finding James Joyce – A visit to James Joyce’s Grave
by Jennifer Eisenlau If you love the works of James Joyce, then you must go, as odd as it sounds, to Switzerland. Ulysses, the great novel that changed the shape…
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James Joyce A Portrait of The Artist in Trieste
Trieste, Italy, is on the uneasy border where northern Italy flares out to touch Yugoslavia, with Austria hanging just above it like a storm cloud. It was James Joyce’s favorite city. I went there in 1983 to see what 500 years of Hapsburg rule (until 1918) on top of Italian rule had produced. Unexpectedly, it proved to be more interesting as Joyce’s city.
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