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what writers and philosophers influence james joyce

  • 17-09-2013 06:37PM
    #1
    carlowplayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭


    did thomas aquinas,plato and isben influence joyce and also what other philosophers writers influence him


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  • #2
    emeraldstar
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    Influence? You realise he's dead, right?


  • #3
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Henrik Ibsen was a major influence.


  • #4
    HeadPig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 332 ✭✭HeadPig


    Yes, Aquinas, Plato and Ibsen influenced him. Ibsen was heavily influenced the young Joyce.

    Other influences: Dante, Giordano Bruno, Giambattista Vico, Lewis Carroll, Édouard Dujardin, Homer, Shakespeare, Flaubert, Milton and many others.


  • #5
    Sammy Jennings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭Sammy Jennings


    John Henry Newman, the Cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism


  • #6
    fruvai
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    I think Dante was an influence too


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