‘Dear Dirty Dumpling’: Dublin in Finnegans Wake

Join us at the James Joyce Centre for an insightful talk about Finnegans Wake by John Dredge as part of our Spring Lecture Series 2025.

This lecture will explore how the city of Dublin and its ‘environs’ is knitted into the fabric of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. As well as the many references to Dublin and Dublin places, many of the Wake’s set pieces take place in identified and/or identifiable Dublin locales e.g. the Pranquean episode in Howth Castle and the Museyroom episode in Phoenix Park. The lecture will have a strong visual dimension but will also explore how everyday Dublin speech infuses the rich linguistic fusion that makes the Wake unique in world literature.

Free event, booking essential.