The End Lies in Zurich
Much of these past posts have reflected on the representation of food in literature alongside discussing the effect of Joyce’s provocative narratives. From the short stories of the Dubliners to the childhood delights of Christmas in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, he astonishingly manages to immerse us in worlds which see food as both an essential and experimental part of life. However to end our journey, this post will focus less on Joyce’s elongated narratives, driving towards how he creates similar complexities in his work through alternative literary styles. Of course, this indicates a much needed reflection on Joyce’s poetry. First published in 1948, The Essential James Joyce contains a selection of the writer’s most prolific works, discussing all matter of subjections; anything from mythology to Charles Stewart Parnell and most importantly, food. It is from the smallest phrases that Joyce manages to present a such a vast selection of interpretations. One of the most si