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... 1882 On 2 February James Joyce is born to Mary and John Stanislaus Joyce in Rathgar, a suburb south of Dublins city centre. Also in 1882, the Invincibles assassinate the chief-secretary and under-secretary in Phoenix Park; later Joyce will frequently allude to this event in both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. ... On 17 December Stanislaus Joyce, Jamess brother, is born. 1888 James Joyce enters Clongowes Wood College in September. 1891 In June, Joyce withdraws from Clongowes due to his fathers inability to pay the prestigious Jesuit schools fees. ... Joyce writes the poem "Et Tu, Healy," about the betrayal of Parnell by Tim Healy, a close supporter. 1893 The familys declining means forces a reluctant John Joyce to send James and his brothers to the Christian Brothers school. In April of this year, however, Joyce enrolls in Belevedere College, another Jesuit school, thanks to the assistance of Father John Conmee. 1895 Joyce enters the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary in December, and is elected prefect less than one year later. 1896 Joyce listens to Father John A. ... Joyce would later re-create this retreat and these sermons in vivid detail for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 1897 Owing to his performance on exams and in an essay competition, Joyce wins academic accolades attended by monetary awards. 1898 Joyce finishes at Belevedere. ... In the autumn of 1898, Joyce matriculates at University College Dublin. ... Joyce, attending the opening performance, refuses to join the majority of his peers in condemning the play as heretical, unethical, and anti-Irish. Later this year Joyce presents a paper, entitled "Drama and Life," to the Universitys Literary and Historical Society. 1900 Joyce publishes an article on Ibsens When We Dead Awaken in the Fortnightly Review. Ibsen sends a letter of thanks to the undergraduate Joyce, who is profoundly moved to receive a message from his literary idol. |
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