A Poet Portfolio of James Joyce

pile Augustine Joyce was born on the 2nd of February 1882 to a couple in capital of Ireland. Two of his tenner siblings died young from typhoid. As a boy, mob studied at a embarkation school in County Kildare.When his father could no longer pay the fees, the young Joyce transferred to a Christian Brothers school. However, Joyce rejected Catholicism in 1898 although philosophies of St. Thomas Aquinas became a quick influence in him even aft(prenominal) he had left the brothers (Bradley 23).He studied advanced(a) languages at the University College Dublin in 1898. His stolon published work was a look backward of Ibsens New Drama in 1900 which resulted in a letter of thanks from the Norwegian dramatist himself (Ellmann 13).Joyce left for Paris with come out delay after graduating. Unfortunately, he ended up squandering what little fortune his family even so had. He returned to Ireland shortly after just to witness the final days of his produce who died of cancer in August 13, 1903. crowd together resorted to heavy drinking after his mothers death, at the same time trying to arouse a meager living out of reviewing books, teaching and singing (Ellmann 15).In 1904, he met a young woman from Connemara by the pull in of Nora Barnacle who worked as a fille de chambre who later on became his wife. The couple move from Dublin and James experienced a great deal of trouble in finding work (Ellmann 16).James two major contributions to poetry are the books Chamber medicine which is his first full length prayer composed of 36 short lyrics published in 1907 and Pomes Penyeach which was published in cardinal years later. (Ellmann 25)James works have been super scrutinized by several well cognise personalities in their own right such as Mirtn Cadhain, Jorge Luis Borges, Flann OBrien, and Samuel Beckett.He died on the 11th of January 1941 following complications after operating room for a perforated ulcer. James Joyces life is annually celebrated as Blooms day every June 16 in Dublin and in other cities around the world. (Ellmann 20)