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Who was James Joyce?
James Joyce was an Irish author who lived from 1882-1941. He was an important writer of the modernist movement, he first became known for his short stories in Dubliners. His most famous work was his...
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Did James Joyce graduate from UCD?
He entered UCD in 1898 and studied modern languages such as English, Italian, and French. He graduated from UCD in 1903.
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What influenced James Joyce to write?
The young Joyce dreamed of becoming a great tenor but Henrik Isben, the great Norwegian playwright, moved the young James Joyce's artistic soul so profoundly that he had to abandon singing for the...
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Was James Joyce Scotish?
He was a British subject, if that's what you had in mind. But he was as Irish as can be!
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How did James Joyce's grandfather die?
I have finished reading "James Joyce" by Richard Ellmann (756 pages biography) and "Nora: the real life of Molly Bloom" by Brenda Maddox, and will shortly begin "Ulysses: a Study" by Stuart Gilbert....