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 diverse narratives tackle thorny topics such as illness, racism and the dissolution of marriage; one selection employs experimental storytelling that shouldn’t work but does, while another is positively Joycean in its length.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
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
The play brings Joycean language to life with music as well as the spoken word.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 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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