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A Bloomsday postcard / Niall Murphy.
- Title
- A Bloomsday postcard / Niall Murphy.
- Author
- Murphy, Niall
- Publication
- Dublin : Lilliput Press in association with the National Library of Ireland, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6019.O9 U6843 2004 | Off-site |
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- National Library of Ireland
- Description
- x, 322 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The sending, receiving and collecting of postcards was an essential part of life in Edwardian Dublin. In an age of few private telephones, the postcard was a popular and reliable form of communication - in Dublin there were six mail deliveries a day, and one on Sunday." "To celebrate James Joyce and the centenary of Bloomsday, Niall Murphy has assembled a selection of 250 postcards, all of them posted in the Dublin area during 1904, four of them sent on 16 June." "Here are the messages of ordinary people who walked the streets of Dublin side-by-side with the characters of Ulysses, their words eerily mirroring the novel's events. There is a rescue from drowning in Kingston, crime and punishment in Grafton Street, the Great Storm of 1903, King Edward's visit, and memories of a 'departed day' spent in Howth. Among the many tales of courtship, three are enacted in varying degrees of intimacy - Millicent and Francisque de Boissieu, Jack Miller and Maud Tighe, and Ina and John MacGregor - echoing Joyce's use of postcards to establish the blossoming romance between Bloom's daughter Milly and Alec Bannon.".
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. x).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 184351043X (pbk.)
- 1843510502 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2004445495
- OCLC
- 55627513
- SCSB-12841570
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library