Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun
U22 The Centenary Ulysses Podcast
English - May 11, 2022 03:49 - 59 minutes - 82 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsBooks Arts Education Courses fiction literature modernism ulysses conversation discussion jamesjoyce lecture modernist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Set in a maternity hospital, “Oxen” parodies the development of English prose. A celebration of maternity or a rival creative feat? Joyce called it the most difficult episode “to interpret and to execute”; we talk about the shortcuts he took in composing it and its unexpected humor. Joining us are Greg Harradine, composer in the Scottish Borders, Emmet O’Cuana, Dublin writer living in Australia, and Chrissy Van Mierlo, Museum director at Loughborough Bellfoundry, UK, and recovering Joycean.