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 IRISH LITERARY GIANTS (2 DVD)

RUNTIME: 205 MINS

CAT: AWA273
UPC: 881482327393
RRP: $19.95

Two of the giants of Irish literature, Jonathan Swift & James Joyce, are united in this set, where both their works and the worlds they lived in are explored.

JAMES JOYCE’S DUBLIN - THE ULYSSES TOUR

First published in 1922, ‘Ulysses’  was the piece of work that made the name of its author, James Joyce.  A labyrinthine work of great humor, it has been denounced as obscene, occasionally accused of being unreadable and is now generally acclaimed as being the greatest book of the 20th Century.

Robert Nicholson, curator of the James Joyce Museum, Sandycove, conducts us through Joyce's world, sharing his admiration for the writer, the novel and the city that gave birth to it.

A VOYAGE INTO THE BLACK & BIZARRE IMAGINATION OF DR. JONATHAN SWIFT INCLUDING GULLIVER’S TRAVELS & OTHER OBSCENE CREATIONS

Having read Gulliver’s Travels, the Victorian novelist, William Thackeray called Swift “a monster, gibbering shrieks & gnashing imprecations against mankind… tearing down all shreds of modesty, past all sense of manliness and shame”.

George Orwell felt the Dean had “a world view which only just passes the test of sanity”. Just what did this churchman and politician do to arouse such fury? Isn’t ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ just a nursery classic?