![]() As a result, Joyce’s own feelings regarding numerous family matters were not fully expressed in the published letters. ![]() Considerable redactions were also made by Gilbert where the content of letters was deemed too personal to publish at the time. Joyce’s sign-offs to Curran, which frequently show great warmth and friendship, were omitted by the editor in most cases. While these letters did see publication in Stuart Gilbert’s Letters of James Joyce (1957), some were presented there in a heavily edited form. ![]() The bulk of Joyce’s letters to Curran date from the period 1930-40 which was one of considerable turmoil in Joyce’s life. In 1972, UCD Library acquired the Curran-Laird collection which, alongside Joyce’s letters, includes extensive correspondence with various key players in the Irish Literary Revival as well as photographs, ephemera and books. His letters to Curran, spanning the period 1904-1940, are held in UCD Library Special Collections. ![]() ![]() Joyce remained friends with Constantine Curran throughout his life. 6, May 1902 Both Joyce and Curran wrote for the UCD magazine ‘St Stephen’s’. ![]()
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