Below are the papers or presentations I have published or presented in the past on James Joyce. Some may be applicable to delving deeper into various texts such as the man in the macintosh or Cashel in Ulysses, the speed of the train in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, or Joyce's insecurities played out on stage in his play, Exiles. There is much out there in the field of Joyce studies; these are simply my modest contributions. I hope you enjoy them.
This is a paper published in volume 10, issue 2 of Qorpus entitled "Mrkrgnao: Joyce‟s Rough-Tongued Melantho in Ulysses." This posits that Pussens, the black cat owned by the Blooms at 7 Eccles Street, could be a symbolic representation of Melantho, the servant girl from Homer's Odyssey.
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Here is an article that was published in Kairos: A Journal of Critical Symposium about the appropriated and weaponized use of national writers in the war of popular opinion during Irish colonization. It features the artistic works of John Tenniel from Punch magazine, Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, and James Joyce. It can be read HERE.
The James Joyce Literary Supplement, managed by the University of Miami, published the article "As One Generation Tells Another" in their Spring 2020 issue: Volume 34, number 1. This article is on the challenges and joys of teaching Joyce's works in the secondary classroom.
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This is an article that was published in the 56.3-4 issue of the James Joyce Quarterly, the flagship publication in international Joyce studies which is managed by the University of Tulsa. This article illustrates why and how I teach "The Dead" by James Joyce to my high school students.
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Click HERE for the "Clever, Very" interview done with Dylan Emerick-Brown conducted by the James Joyce Quarterly.
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"Love as Nepenthe: Displacing Homer with Shelley in Joyce's Ulysses" was published in volume 3, issue 2 of Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies. It investigates the influence of nepenthe from Shelley's closet drama, not the nepenthe from Homer's Odyssey, on Joyce's Ulysses and Leopold Bloom. The file can be downloaded to the right or you can click on this LINK.
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"The Man in the Macintosh: May Manifested" ~ This paper, presented at the XXVI International James Joyce Symposium at the University of Antwerp in June of 2018, reveals a compelling theory identifying one of James Joyce's most elusive and mysterious characters: the man in the macintosh. To go with the paper, I have included the actual death certificate of Joyce's mother, Mary Jane (May) Joyce, to the side as well; she is No. 295.
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"Speaking Through Cashel: Joyce's Irish Identity and Language" ~ This paper was presented at the XII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference at the University of Rome Tre in January 2019. It delves into the symbolic significance of one of Joyce's elusive characters: Cashel. Inspired by a real Dubliner, Cashel has one two-word bit of Latin monologue in the entire novel. This paper argues that Cashel, his short monologue, and his behavior, are all representative of Joyce's views on the Anglicization of Ireland.
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"Tashlikh on the Liffey: Merging Homer’s Odyssey, Judaism, and Catholicism on the O’Connell Bridge" ~ In Volume 10, Number 1 of March 2020's issue of Qorpus is my paper on Leopold Bloom of Ulysses subconsciously performing the Jewish ritual of Tashlikh on the O'Connell Bridge overlooking the River Liffey.
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"Exiles: James Joyce as an Insecure God" ~ This PowerPoint presentation was given at the 43rd Annual Comparative Drama Conference in April of 2019. It compares Joyce's short story, "The Dead", to his play, Exiles, and how they both fit together to play the role of literary therapy for one of Joyce's lifelong obsessions: if two boys from Nora's youth whom she loved hadn't died young, would Nora, the love of his life, had still chosen him? To the side are the PowerPoint and the script notes that go with the presentation.
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"The Speed of the Train During Prayer" ~ This article was written for the James Joyce Online Notes, explaining how the speed of the train Stephen was on during his prayers could be determined with historical accuracy. It is more or less anecdotal, but fun and interesting at the same time.
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"Steganographic Joyce" ~ This presentation was given in October of 2018 for the James Joyce Society at the University of New York's Ireland House. It delves into three examples of steganography in Joyce's works from "The Dead" to Ulysses. To the side are the PDF of the presentation and the presentation script notes that go with the slides.
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