![]() ![]() Although most of Ulysses is based on memories of Dublin, the shabby grandeur of Trieste and its teeming poly-ethnic underclass fired the writer’s imagination. Trieste’s knotty dialect is believed to have inspired some of the word play in Ulysses. The action of Joyce’s Ulysses, recognized as the seminal work of literary modernism, is set on a single day in Dublin, June 16, 1904, and features protagonist Leopold Bloom’s encounters with characters inspired by the Homeric hero’s adventures.Īdmirers of Joyce set up the first Bloomsday in Dublin on Jand the celebrations have since spread to several other cities including Trieste where Joyce, then a struggling English teacher, wrote the first part of his masterpiece and met major local writers Umberto Saba and Italo Svevo. Trieste will join cities around the world in paying homage to Joyce’s greatest work on Thursday, 16 June with live plays, music, art exhibitions, debates, and readings inspired by the text. ![]()
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