The Holy Office
They both lived in a Martello Tower, sure, but what else do James Joyce and Bono have in common?\n\nWe take a short break from analyzing Ulysses to take a look at one of Joyce\u2019s early poems - \u201cThe Holy Office.\u201d If you love 100+ year old gossip, strap in! This one gets dishy. Topics include the significance of the year 1904 in James Joyce\u2019s life, the Irish Literary Revival, a young Joyce\u2019s penchant for writing angry poetry, Joyce\u2019s desire for artistic Truth rather than mere aesthetics, why you should care about \u201cThe Holy Office\u201d and how it will further your understanding of Ulysses, The Goblin - Joyce\u2019s unrealized literary magazine, Joycean trash talk, the laxative qualities of Joyce\u2019s writing, how the Irish Literary revival actually reinforced Victorian class structure and cultural mores, Cheddar Goblin, and why Joyce saw himself as the Aquinas of Dublin.