Tag Archives: Ulysses

Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Daniel

…a brave man would invent something that never happened! Joyce In both Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist and the prototype of the latter – Stephen Hero – Joyce is concerned with the presenting of ‘truth’. Not only is … Continue reading →

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By Degree – the Political Speech has become a Lost Art

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Daniel

Exposed to a lot of politics on both sides of the channel these days, I have noted a distinct drop in quality when it comes delivering a public speech. A year after The King’s Speech won all the film awards … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, current-events, David Cameron, Degree Speech, Dwight Eisenhower, Elizabeth I, elocution, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Nick Clegg, oration, politicians, politics, public speaking, Religion, Rick Santorum, Shakespeare, society, Speech, speeches, Troilus and Cressida, Ulysses, Ulysses S Grant, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Ulysses

Guest Blog by Gordon Strong: James Joyce – Myth as Narrative

By Degree – the Political Speech has become a Lost Art

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