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Wednesday, June 09, 2004

University Diaries' BLOOMSDAY COUNTDOWN

James Joyce at University College, Dublin, 1900:


"Joyce and another student, George Clancy, liked to rouse [Professor of French Edouard] Cadic to flights of miscomprehension. In a favorite little drama, Joyce would snicker offensively at Clancy's efforts to translate a passage into English. Clancy pretended to be furious and demanded an apology, which Joyce refused. Then Clancy would challenge Joyce to a duel in Phoenix Park. The horrified Cadic would rush in to conciliate the fiery Celts, and after much byplay would persuade them to shake hands."



Richard Ellmann, James Joyce