From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay

'riverrun, past Eve and Adams, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.' Finnegans Wake

Sunday, 13 July 2025

James Joyce at the Victoria Palace Hotel

In Paris for Bloomsday, Lisa and I visited one of the key locations of Finnegans Wake , the Victoria Palace Hotel , which has been comple...

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Guidebook Narration in Finnegans Wake

'The Rue Reaumur, to the left of the church, leads us back to the Rue de Turbigo, about 500 yds. from the Place de la Republique.' B...

Monday, 13 May 2024

A Night at the Volta with James Joyce

The Volta Picture Theatre, at 45 Mary Street Dublin, was Ireland's first cinema. It was opened in December 1909 by James Joyce, on a ret...

Monday, 18 March 2024

The Rivers of Anna Livia Plurabelle

'(Joyce) told me that into the prose of the little book in question— Anna Livia Plurabelle —he had woven the names of five hundred river...

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