Anything I should know about Irish people?
Anything I should know about Irish people?
Jaxson Hill
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Easton Williams
Before I read this I mean.
Xavier Sanchez
Just read the Bloomsday Book alongside it and you won't miss anything important. If you go in with no context you will miss a lot of what is happening though.
Christian Reyes
Not related to OP's question but I wish everyone in the world would read this book. To this day it's still the most beautiful thing I've read.
Austin Reyes
You should read Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man first. Dubliners too if you want. Both are worth reading in their own right anyway.
>Anything I should know about Irish people?
Read this article and some of the ones it links to and you should have enough historical context for a first read:
en.wikipedia.org
I somewhat recommend against this unless you're sure you only want to read the book once. If you're reasonably well-read you should pick up on enough references to appreciate them and then you can dig deeper on subsequent readings. Or at least try to read an entire chapter before going back and seeing references you missed. Don't sully your first reading by jumping back and forth between the text and supplemental materials. Unless you like that sort of thing.
Levi White
read it out loud. if you don't know the references, hear the noise the book makes. it's probably more enjoyable this way, than looking for the references. Joyce was really invested in the sounds his books made.
Andrew Gray
The main thing you should know is that tiocfaidh ár lá.
Chase Rodriguez
they cant even speak their own language lol
Ryder Carter
>reading an "Irish" writer who wrote in english
>learning anything about Irish people
LOL
Charles Sanchez
they're bastards
Ryder Perez
Watch Peaky Blinders
Jeremiah Cooper
Scheming backstabbers.
Lucas Clark
to understand Ulysses you have to either be a celtic BVLL or study meticulously Gaelic mythology in the original archaic Gaeilge
Thomas Price
Just came here to say Bloom did nothing wrong and Molly's a s l u t
Joseph Ward
>book written in english
>celtic
Paourkaezh beulke...
Michael Hughes
Know that there's anti-semitic air in Dublin at the time (Deasy makes it obvious in chapter 2). The Citizen in chapter 12 is a stereotypical Irish republican, which basically just means he adores good Catholic men who go to church every sunday and kill brits during the week. Read up a little on Charles Stewart Parnell (just his wikipedia page desu). He was a big deal to Joyce and Joyce's father. He lost all credibility after he was found out cheating on his wife, the church made a big fuss about it. They think Bloom is sneaky because he's a freemason as well. I would say that's really the most basic background, there is more you can dig into but that's definitely good starting points.
Honestly just start reading it, it's reputation for difficulty makes it seem more challenging than it really is.
Asher Evans
Oh shit I just saw this after I posted. Props to this user.
Xavier Gomez
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tiocfaidh ár lá is basically "allahu akbar" in Ireland
Eli Wood
it's imbued with GAELIC anam, and a suitable disdain for jews
Jaxson Jackson
They like farts and queefs
Camden Jenkins
Skriv un dra bennak en iwerzhoneg neuze 'ta, diskouez pegement a lorc'h zo ennout gant da ouezelegezh, rak evit poent n'out ket gwall gendrec'hus.