1. For St. Patrick's Day, some reflections on James Joyce, nationalism, and religion.
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2. Part of Joyce's greatness is not just literary but also political: he saw with prophetic clarity dangers of mixing religion & politics
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3. The fusion of Irish nationalism with Catholicism was a much later thing than we realize.
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4. Parnell was a huge figure in Joyce's understanding of Ireland because he represented an Irish nationalism that transcended religion.
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5. Parnell's betrayal by the Catholic church (and by Ireland at large) a key event: the betrayed and destroyed father (like Daedalus Sr.)
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6. Ulysses was a national epic but with a twist: who are the heroes of this epic of Ireland? Jewish Leopold Bloom & Spanish-descended Molly
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7. By making non-ethnically Irish Leopold & Molly the center of his Irish epic, Joyce was challenging biological & religious nationalism
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9. "the same people living in the same place": with the "same people" not meaning the same kind of people but rather just people.
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10. The implicit critique of ethno-religious nationalism in Ulysses was well ahead of its time. Ireland, north & south, only now catching up
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Replying to @AnakanaSchofiel
@AnakanaSchofiel You are right, of course -- I was sloppy.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - Show replies
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