Document Type
Article
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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Cultural and economic geography, History, Arts, Architectural design
Abstract
James Joyce told his friend Frank Budgen. “‘I want’ said Joyce, as we were walking down the Universitätstrasse, ‘to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book.’” (Budgen, 1960, p.67, 68).
This research looks at the relevance of Dublin to Joyce’s writings and to the relevance of Joyce’s writings to Dublin. It is concerned with the virtual Dublin of Joyce’s writings, the physical manifestation of Dublin over time, and the relationships between them.
Numerous scholars read and analyse the writings of Joyce without ever visiting Dublin. Is it necessary to visit Dublin to fully appreciate the writings of Joyce, and is it necessary to read his writings to fully appreciate Dublin? What can be discovered in Dublin that cannot be discovered remotely? Could you, as Joyce intimates, recreate Dublin from his writing?
Recommended Citation
Sheehan, B. (2015) Discover Joyce's Dublin by Reading and Running. Iterations 2, the Design and Practice Research Journal, 2015.
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Publication Details
The article was published in the second edition of Iterations, the Design and Practice Research Journal, 2015.