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Ezra Schulman
is on page 500 of 887
most of the book so far is joyce asking his younger brother for money
— Apr 19, 2026 05:17AM
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Rene Bard
is on page 485 of 887
p480(footnote):"[Ezra] Pound said however in the first number of New Review, 1931, 'I respect Mr. Joyce's integrity as an author in that he has not taken the easy part. I never had any respect for his common sense or his intelligence, apart from his gifts as a writer.'"
— Apr 09, 2026 05:53AM
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Rene Bard
is on page 446 of 887
p445"Nora Joyce suffered under this ambiguity [whether she had cuckolded James]. She was in tears one day because, as she confided to Frank Budgen, 'Jim wants me to go with other men so that he will have something to write about.' She seemed to have failed him in this wifely duty."
— Apr 06, 2026 08:58AM
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Rene Bard
is on page 362 of 887
Discussing Joyce's germinating thoughts on what would turn out to be his great novel "Ulysses", the author Ellmann opines:
pg362 "Nor is he [the character Bloom] concerned with the conception of a personal god. The divine part of Bloom is his humanity..."
My response: "Oh really? Humanity equals divinity? Okay,Richard,I disagree with you on that point...but that does not diminish the excellence of your biography."
— Mar 18, 2026 01:31PM
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pg362 "Nor is he [the character Bloom] concerned with the conception of a personal god. The divine part of Bloom is his humanity..."
My response: "Oh really? Humanity equals divinity? Okay,Richard,I disagree with you on that point...but that does not diminish the excellence of your biography."
