He returned to Ireland after a few months, when his mother was diagnosed with cancer
❖ He returned to Ireland after a few months, when his mother was diagnosed with cancer
Fearing for her son's “impiety”,his mother tried unsuccessfully to get Joyce to make his confession and to take communion
❖ Fearing for her son’s “impiety”, his mother tried unsuccessfully to get Joyce to make his confession and to take communion
She finally passed into a coma and died on August 13,Joyce having refused to kneel with other members of the family praying at her bedside. Graves of James Joyce's Parents→
❖ She finally passed into a coma and died on August 13, Joyce having refused to kneel with other members of the family praying at her bedside. Graves of James Joyce's Parents→
After her death he continued to drink heavily,and conditions at home grew quite appalling. ÷He scraped a living reviewing books,teaching and singing
❖ After her death he continued to drink heavily, and conditions at home grew quite appalling. ❖ He scraped a living reviewing books, teaching and singing
On 7 January 1904,he attempted to publish A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,an essay-story dealing with aesthetics,only to have it rejected by the free-thinking magazine Dana
❖ On 7 January 1904, he attempted to publish A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, an essay-story dealing with aesthetics, only to have it rejected by the free-thinking magazine Dana