Biography:Considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for "Ulysses", a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in an array of contrasting literary styles, perhaps most prominent among these the stream of consciousness technique he perfected.
His complete oeuvre includes three books of poetry, a play, occasional journalism, and his published letters.
1931-07-04 Irish "Ulysses" writer James Joyce (49) and Nora Barnacle (47) finally marry in London registry office after meeting in 1904; remain wed until his death in 1941.
Historical Events
1904-06-16 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses")
1922-02-02 James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" first published by Sylvia Beach in Paris (1,000 copies)
1933-12-06 Ban on James Joyce's "Ulysses" in US lifted
1934-08-07 US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
Quotes by James Joyce
"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts."
Émile Zola
James Herriot
Peter Benchley
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Matthew Arnold
William Wordsworth