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Ulysses Part 3

Friday 18 June 2004 20:15-20:35 (Radio 3)

The Sixteenth of June was the one hundredth anniversary of 'Bloomsday', the day on which James Joyce set Ulysses, perhaps the most important novel of the twentieth century. To celebrate that anniversary, three Joyce enthusiasts revisit the book and its author.

Duration:

20 minutes

Playlist:

3/3. Joyce and Homer - A Clash of Titans

Senator David Norris, member of the Irish Dail and distinguished James Joyce scholar, takes an irreverent look at the relationship between the classical epic and James Joyce's comic epic poem in prose.




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