Anne Enright on Telemachus
Anne Enright gives us a close reading of the opening pages of James Joyce's Ulysses.
The Essay · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Five Irish writers each take a passage from James Joyce’s Ulysses and, through a close reading, explore its meaning and significance within the wider work, as well as what it means to them. Reading Ulysses is a famously challenging experience for most readers, so can our Essayists help?
In the first essay of the series, award-winning Irish writer Anne Enright explores the first couple of pages of Joyce's epic. She examines the characters of Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus - the two men we first meet at the top of a tower overlooking Dublin Bay. She tells us from where Joyce drew his inspiration in creating his protagonists and she reveals a little about how she first discovered the famous tome.
First broadcast in 2022 to mark the centenary of the novel's publication.
Presenter: Anne Enright Producer: Camellia Sinclair