Wednesday 31 January 2018

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.1007)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Marion of the bountiful bosoms.

                    (Cyclops U12.1007)


Wednesday 24 January 2018

Tuesday, 23 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.759)

The last reading paused at:

          “liquid refreshment”

                    (Cyclops U12.759)


For those who wish to read an essay by Fritz Senn which explores passages like the one read at the moment, the link below will provide access to his “Evading the Obvious”. The essay talks about the tendency in some of Joyce's characters to avoid the ordinary when they speak and to find new expressions to refer to the same old thing:

http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/main/essays.php?essay=senn1



Wednesday 17 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.497)


The last reading stopped at:

          “bloody mongrel” 

                    (Cyclops U12.497)



If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes about the passage just read, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g. the post for 14 July 2015.

Chandra hosted the blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.


Friday 12 January 2018

Saturday, 13 January 2018


On Saturday, 13 January, on the 77th anniversary of Joyce’s death, the FRIENDS are celebrating Fritz Senn’s 90th birthday with an apéritif riche at the Zürich James Joyce Foundation.

Starts between 11 a.m and 3 p.m. at Augustinergasse 9 – open end



Wednesday 10 January 2018

Tuesday, 9 January 2018, Cyclops, Episode 12 (12.117)

The first reading in the new year reached

          “the agate with the dun.” 

                    (Cyclops U12.117)


Tuesday 2 January 2018

1 January 2018

As you may be aware, Fritz Senn turned 90 on Monday, 1 January 2018. Several newspapers have published articles to commemorate the occasion, a few of which are linked below:

NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung):

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/fritz-senn-bei-joyce-darf-man-nicht-allzu-pompoes-sein-ld.1340950

The Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/happy-returns-an-irishman-s-diary-on-joyce-scholar-fritz-senn-1.3342036

SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/fritz-senn-froehliche-wissenschaft-1.3807627


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