adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Joycean
Example Sentences
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He writes in the Joycean tradition: free-flowing, unhindered and specific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Born and raised in Dublin, Liam Cunningham speaks in Joycean streams of consciousness that often have no discernible beginning, middle or end.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Bloomsday 2022 This annual celebration of James Joyce and all things Joycean features dramatic readings from the author’s 1922 novel “Ulysses” plus traditional Irish music by Rattle the Knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Until the latter part of the 20th Century, he remained "an anathema to the Irish establishment", according to Ireland's best known Joycean scholar.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2019
One can imagine a kind of Joycean superauthor, capable of any style, turning out spine-tingling suspense novels, massively researched biographies, and nuanced analyses of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
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