Ireland's Ambassador to the United States on the legacy of James Joyce' Ulysses

A special conversation with Ireland's ambassador to the United States Dan Mulhall. They discuss his book "Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey." In conversation with DC Public Library Executive Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan, Mulhall presents an introduction for all readers seeking to navigate Joyce's notoriously impenetrable masterpiece. The live conversation took place on the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce.

[@felawes]

Dear Rich - what a wonderful contribution. Having just visited Joyce's Martello Tower, where Sylvia Beach recorded her fabulous 1962 interview, this was a super hour to enjoy. Thanks Richard

[@ulysus]

Very interesting . Joyce is a genius , and " Ulysses " is a world in itself , bound into a book .

[@devramarcus1201]

I very much enjoyed this discussion between Ambassador Mulhall and Director Reyes-Gavilan and will alert my classmates in our Ulysses course taught by Christopher Griffin via Politics and Prose

[@SeamasMcSwiney]

Bid Adieu to Girlish Days... is the Joyce poem that finally got published and then became a song. Bloomsday was the day When James knew Nora... "Bid Adieu to Girlish Days" celebrated the moment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faHIpJSCpslpes0 In 1904 Joyce had tried unsuccessfully to publish this poem in the Dublin magazine Dana. He also submitted it to Harper’s in January 1905, but again it was rejected. With two other poems from Chamber Music (I and XII), “Bid adieu to girlish days” was anthologized in The Dublin Book of Irish Verse (1909), edited by John Cooke. (This is the first time a work by Joyce was anthologized.) Joyce’s partiality toward this poem can also be seen in his efforts to have it set to music. In 1909 he tried actively to interest G. Molyneux Palmer in setting the poem musically: “It seems to me a pity you did not do the song ‘Bid adieu’ which I tried to music myself and hope you may turn to it some day” (Letters, II.227). (For more information see Letters, II.73, 77, 80, 117, and 227. Palmer eventually did set the poem to music.) Here, it's sung by Giorgio in 1949 and put to images in Paris on or around 02022020 featuring Joyce, Sylvia Beach, Samuel Beckett and Ezra Pound, all three who played key roles in James Joyce's life. Share this little item of literary history. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faHIpJSCpslpes0