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“Mise Eire” by Eavan Boland. Excerpt from the Penelope episode of “Ulysses” by James Joyce, p.731-732, from “as for them saying there’s no God…” until the end of...
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Yeats, Dance, and the Unconscious
In this segment Declan looks at Yeats’ representation of the creative unconscious through the figure of the dancer.
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Molly’s Soliloquy
In this clip, Declan talks about the fusion of body and soul in Molly Bloom’s soliloquy at the end of “Ulysses” by James Joyce.
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“Crazy Jane talks with the Bishop”
Declan looks at the use of the female voice in the Gaelic tradition.
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From Famine to Revival
In this segment, Professor Declan Kiberd discusses how Irish attitudes towards the body after the Great Famine were marked by a sense of distrust in nature. He cites the Irish...
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Untitled by Agustin Fernandez
Agustin Fernandez was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1928. He received his early artistic training there at the Academy of San Alejandro but left Cuba soon after graduating for New York...
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Prepare for Next Week
“Mise Eire” by Eavan Boland. Excerpt from the Penelope episode of Ulysses by James Joyce, p.731-732, from “as for them saying there’s no God…” until the end of the...
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Join the Live Virtual Event
Ask questions and listen to a live discussion with Professor Declan Kiberd on Wednesday, 12 August, at 1 pm EDT. Register to receive information about how to join the live...
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Ulysses by James Joyce
In Leopold Bloom’s empathetic musings, Joyce imagines how the world must be renegotiated by the blind person.
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On Baile’s Strand by W.B. Yeats
This play by Yeats play dramatizes the gap between heroic ideals and anti-heroic realities.Â
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Blindness & Insight
If the body can serve as an image of the perfected human soul, it can also reflect the ways in which our human hopes are defeated. In Adam’s Curse and Among School Children W.B....
The “End of Ending” with Josh Noem
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Josh Noem to talk about his debut book, “End of Ending,” an inspiring, realistic work of fiction that crafts a hopeful vision...
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