<![CDATA["When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'"]]>"When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'"

Let's celebrate, today is Bloomsday!

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Ulysses by James Joyce at PG:
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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/5ccb1e4a-247f-47d9-a1a7-1cf45f4d55c6/when-a-young-man-came-up-to-him-in-zurich-and-said-may-i-kiss-the-hand-that-wrote-ulysses-joyce-replied-somewhat-like-king-lear-no-it-did-lots-of-other-things-too.RSS for NodeTue, 23 Jun 2026 00:32:03 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 08:55:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'" on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:03:14 GMT]]>@spinfocl @gutenberg_org This is brilliant! I have notes somewhere about a plan to create exactly such a map. Alas, my skills are not a good as yours, so I never actually got anywhere with it. Well done!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jimkennedy/statuses/116759684366090134https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jimkennedy/statuses/116759684366090134Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'" on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:02:22 GMT]]>@raymaccarthy not today, perhaps tomorrow…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/116759680963551722https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/116759680963551722Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:02:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'" on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:52:57 GMT]]>@gutenberg_org
Oh no, not again.

Can't we just forget James Joyce?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116759172078309212https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116759172078309212Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:52:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "When a young man came up to him in Zurich and said, 'May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?' Joyce replied, somewhat like King Lear, 'No, it did lots of other things too.'" on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:35:34 GMT]]>To celebrate , I have a little Joyce treat in store: https://hermesj.github.io/mappingJoyce/

Places and routes from Joyce’s Dubliners, linked to essays by Jasmine Mulliken and text references on @gutenberg_org
[Ulysses and Portrait available, but not yet / only partially curated]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedihum.org/users/spinfocl/statuses/116759103683460225https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedihum.org/users/spinfocl/statuses/116759103683460225Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:35:34 GMT