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Mapping Bloomsday

Follow the footsteps of James Joyce, using Ulysses as a guide. 

“If [Dublin] suddenly disappeared from the earth, it could be reconstructed from my book,” wrote James Joyce of Ulysses. In honor of Bloomsday, an international commemoration of Joyce’s novel on the day it takes place in 1904, experts examine the many ways in which the author’s masterful work was inspired by, and functions as, a map.

A presentation by Curator and Geospatial Librarian, Ian Fowler, will examine the maps Joyce used to construct the movements of his characters through the narrative, as well as the maps he inspired, including Vladimir Nabokov’s hand-drawn maps of the novel, the originals of which are housed in the Library’s collections.

Following the presentation, Fowler, Robert Seidman, co-author of the definitive Ulysses Annotated, Declan Kiely, the Library’s Director of Special Collections and Exhibitions, and Irish acress Lisa Dwan will discuss the role that geography plays in Joyce’s narrative, and how his structure of Ulysses inspired fellow writers including Nabokov, Beckett, and more. The evening’s program will be accompanied by readings from the novel.











When: Thu., Jun. 13, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave.
917-275-6975
Price: Free
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Follow the footsteps of James Joyce, using Ulysses as a guide. 

“If [Dublin] suddenly disappeared from the earth, it could be reconstructed from my book,” wrote James Joyce of Ulysses. In honor of Bloomsday, an international commemoration of Joyce’s novel on the day it takes place in 1904, experts examine the many ways in which the author’s masterful work was inspired by, and functions as, a map.

A presentation by Curator and Geospatial Librarian, Ian Fowler, will examine the maps Joyce used to construct the movements of his characters through the narrative, as well as the maps he inspired, including Vladimir Nabokov’s hand-drawn maps of the novel, the originals of which are housed in the Library’s collections.

Following the presentation, Fowler, Robert Seidman, co-author of the definitive Ulysses Annotated, Declan Kiely, the Library’s Director of Special Collections and Exhibitions, and Irish acress Lisa Dwan will discuss the role that geography plays in Joyce’s narrative, and how his structure of Ulysses inspired fellow writers including Nabokov, Beckett, and more. The evening’s program will be accompanied by readings from the novel.

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