402 episodes
Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce Frank Delaney
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5.0 • 21 Ratings
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ReJOYCE! To commemorate James Joyce's mighty novel, Ulysses, we're launching a podcast. 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.
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Re:Joyce Episode 368 – Cavalcades & Comets’ Tails
Some men about town...
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Re:Joyce Episode 367 – Theatrical Turns & Toxic Gas
We meet an inventive Dublin hero.
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Re:Joyce Episode 365 – Soubrettes & Silken Thomas
From a secretary to a clergyman.
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Re:Joyce Episode 364 - Be Italian
Romance language - and “literature”...
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Re:Joyce Episode 363 - Blond as Blazes
We meet the dashing seducer!
Customer Reviews
The most entertaining way to enjoy Joyce
Frank Delaney is one of the great entertainers, erudite scholars of Joyce and loves this book. It is a great tragedy he never got to finish it but if you want to be impressed, entertained and thoroughly enjoy Ulysses you should listen to this. I know of nothing like it.
Great podcast!
Delaney is incredibly thorough. This podcast has been running for years and is far from wrapping up. Catching up on all the chapters is nearly as daunting as reading Ulysses itself. I do not think it is necessary to listen to every one, skip around if you prefer. I am reading Ulysses for the second time now and am enjoying it much more. Delaney, Ellmann and others are great guides and have enhanced my reading experience immensely.
Try it, you’ll love it
If you’ve ever wanted to read Ulysses but have felt too intimidated by its reputation, then this is the podcast for you. It has opened up the magical world of Joyce and Ulysses for me.
Thanks Frank.