Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun

U22 The Centenary Ulysses Podcast by Catherine Flynn

May 11, 202259:45Arts

Set in a maternity hospital, "Oxen" parodies the development of English prose. A celebration of maternity or a rival creative feat? Joyce called it the most difficult episode "to interpret and to execute"; we talk about...

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