![]() From an early age, James Joyce showed as well exceeding intelligence as also a special gift for writing and a passion for literature. In spite of their poverty, the family struggled to maintain a solid middle-class facade. Although being a talented singer his father, who liked to drink and didn’t give enough attention to the family finances, wasn’t able to provide a stable a household. ![]() James Augustine Aloysius Joyce on Februjust south of Dublin in a wealthy suburb called Rathgar, as the eldest of ten children to the impoverished gentleman John Stanislaus Joyce and his wife Marry Murray Joyce. ![]() A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air.” “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. Joyce is best known for his Ulysses, a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer‘s Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles. ![]() ![]() On February 2, 1882, Irish novelist and poet James Joyce was born, who is considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. ![]()
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