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

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)

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


Please don't hesitate to get in touch with this blog's host here to suggest an addition. Thank you for your interest and a good New Year.

Tuesday, 19 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (end)

The reading has reached the end of the musical episode, “Sirens”.

Please note that there will be no reading during the Christmas holidays. The group  will pick up Ulysses again and start episode 12, “Cyclops”, on Tuesday, 9 January 2018.


For commentaries on Ulysses:

If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes about the end of this episode, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g. the post for 23 June 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.

If you are looking for summaries and commentaries in published works you can find a number of helpful books at the Zurich Foundation. They are available to all members of the public. One place to start are the following two classics:

Killeen, Terence. Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses. 2004. Shelf mark: C.U. 359 (features summary, commentary and additional notes for each episode of Ulysses)

Hart, Clive and David Hayman. James Joyce's Ulysses. Critical Essays. 1977. Shelf mark: C.U. 191 (devotes one chapter to each episode of Ulysses)


With good wishes for the New Year and all the reading hours to come

Tuesday, 12 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.1223)

The last reading reached:

          “Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. ”  

                    (Sirens U11.1223) 

There will be another regular reading before Christmas on Tuesday, 19 December.


If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes made for the pages being read at the moment, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g.: 

9 June 2015

Chandra hosted this 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.

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.999)

The last reading stopped at the words:

          “griped the black deepsounding chords.”

                    (Sirens U11.999)


If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes made for the pages being read at the moment, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g.:

12 May 2015
26 May 2015
9 June 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.

Tuesday, 28 November 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.755)

The last reading stopped at:

          “you too, me, us”

                    (Sirens U11.755)