James Joyce is one of the masters of world literature. Exiled from Ireland, he was fated to write, revise and re-work his greatest masterworks--in his mission to create perfect exemplifications of literary styling. He wasn't bothered by controversy--his famous Ulysses is one of the most famously banned novels of its time (it's got sex, violence, inner turmoil/angst...).
Today, we celebrate the 130th birthday of James Joyce and the 90th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses. To commemorate the illustrious events of the day, Frank Delaney is reading part of Ulysses in Madison Square Park, as well as via video. He's been dubbed "The Most Eloquent Man in the World" by NPR--you can listen to his podcast, Re: Joyce, a eloquent deconstruction of James Joyce's Ulysses in 5-minute, bite-size pieces. He also created a rap tribute to James Joyce.
In his memoir, Stanislaus Joyce writes, "In our world today, serious literature has taken the place of religion. People with liberty of choice go... to literature for enlightened understanding... And it answers in parables."
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Hey check out (and like) an interesting review, regarding the anniversaries of the literary works of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and Maria Rilke’s “Sonnets to Orpheus”, by one of the contributors of Culture Catch Mr.Holtje at: http://culturecatch.com/literary/ulysses-sonnets-to-orpheus