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
The first project brought together Palestinian and Syrian refugees, artists, scholars and a civil engineer to talk about the Joycean themes of migration, memory, histories and political and urban landscapes.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
Believe it or not, there’s already stiff competition: a similar documentary from 2013, “The Joycean Society,” tackles “Finnegans Wake” in just under an hour.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
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
In the “Camera Eye” sections—inspired by the camerawork of the newly popular cinema—the author’s memories appear in a Joycean flow of words and images.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2019
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