Welcome James Joyce!

[Barefoot Bree]

I could swear I've heard that name somewhere before..... :D

Welcome to the Cafe - I must say, that was an impressive first post. Come tell us a bit about yourself!

[neilstone40]

"...but Sir, that's not bad grammar, it's Joycean!"

Welcome to the SC James Joyce, hope you like it here...

[James Joyce]

Well, thank you kindly for the welcome! I carry this nom de plume over from the amazon.com discussions, where I thought i was being asked for the name of my favourite author. Unfortunately (or perhaps not) Joyce's A Portrait probably does say more about me than I can: the Irish apostate who flew by those nets, left behind the old sow that eats her farrow, and tried to forge something or other in the smithy of his soul etc. Father Dolan was there. And Father Arnall. And the wicked witch of the east (Britannia), you were there too! I skipped the brothels and nighttown.

I had a great education in the classics (and much else besides) from the priests, and went on to take ancient Greek for my first degree. I am absurdly and quite ashamedly over-educated, with various additional research degrees - including one on James Joyce. I couldn't find much in the way of paid employment with most of these degrees (or a place in a seminary), so have sadly sacrificed all the interesting stuff to earn a crust for my family by teaching computery stuff at university.

[Barefoot Bree]

Wow. I bow to your knowledge, kind sir, in awe of such learning. It's truly sad that an education that used to set one up for a life well lived a hundred years ago or more is now more of a hindrance to obtaining that life than a help.

Me, at 51 I'm literally just getting started on college. Never had the desire nor opportunity before.

Uh - forgive a possibly dumb question - does your location translate to "hailing us from within Ireland" or "sadly you have left Ireland"?

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Welcome aboard mate - looking forward to you input. Let's hope your posts don't run to Joycean levels of an utter lack of punctuation.

:evil: :D

[Politesse]

Welcome to the Cafe! I have a dear friend who is writing a Master's thesis on James Joyce as we speak.

[Silly Sausage]

Welcome JJ,

I'm currently attempting to get through Dubliners as part of my literature degree, but without much luck. Couldn't you have put some naughty scenes in there? :p

Welcome to the Cafe though, I hope you like it here :wave:

Silly Sausage

[James Joyce]

Wow. I bow to your knowledge, kind sir, in awe of such learning. It's truly sad that an education that used to set one up for a life well lived a hundred years ago or more is now more of a hindrance to obtaining that life than a help.

Me, at 51 I'm literally just getting started on college. Never had the desire nor opportunity before.


As good a time as any. It's easy to say follow your interests, but education has become so vocationalised now. And my and JJ's mother both told us we think too much.

Uh - forgive a possibly dumb question - does your location translate to "hailing us from within Ireland" or "sadly you have left Ireland"?

Over the sea from Ireland is shorthand for England. The americas would be over the ocean from Ireland!

Sad, yes, always sad: "Wherever we go we celebrate/The land that made us refugees..."

[James Joyce]

Welcome to the Cafe! I have a dear friend who is writing a Master's thesis on James Joyce as we speak.

I'd love to go back to Joyce as well as the Classics. I have a Masters thesis on Stephen Hero, as well as a 60K word thesis somewhere on impersonality and alienation in Dubliners, A Portrait, and Ulysses. Macmillan nearly bought it at the time, then I put it on a shelf somewhere.

[James Joyce]

I'm currently attempting to get through Dubliners as part of my literature degree, but without much luck. Couldn't you have put some naughty scenes in there? :p
Silly Sausage
You want to read the Circe and Penelope chapters in Ulysses for that kind of thing!

[Silly Sausage]

I'm currently attempting to get through Dubliners as part of my literature degree, but without much luck. Couldn't you have put some naughty scenes in there? :p
Silly Sausage
You want to read the Circe and Penelope chapters in Ulysses for that kind of thing!

I'm off to look those up now, lol.....