Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Fogarty, Anne, 1958- (Anne Fogarty)
Abstract:
James Joyce's works abound in references to popular culture. They depict such works as part of the very fabric of modern consciousness. Frequently, Joyce deploys allusions to popular entertainment as a means of underlining the debasement and vulgarity of contemporary existence. But also crucially,... [ … ]
Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Kiberd, Declan, 1951- (Declan Kiberd)
Abstract:
In this episode Declan Kiberd reads the closing chapter of his latest book Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living published by Faber and Faber. Kiberd shows that Ulysses, far from being the epitome of elitism, was always intended as a book for the common people. It was rooted in their experience... [ … ]