Difference between revisions of "Bluest book"
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| − | * '''Ulysses''': the first edition of James Joyce’s ''Ulysses'' was published in Paris on February | + | * '''Ulysses''': the first edition of James Joyce’s ''[[Ulysses]]'' was published in Paris on 2 February 1922 by Shakespeare and Company. The book had a blue cover with a white title (blue and white being the colours of the Greek flag) and is mentioned again in ''Finnegans Wake'' as "his usylessly unreadable Blue Book of Eccles" ([[Page_179|FW 179.26-27]] |
| − | * | + | * '''Blue Guide:''' a series of travel books |
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| + | * '''Blue Books:''' official reports of the English Parliament | ||
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| + | * '''blue:''' (1) indecent, pornographic → ''[[Ulysses]]'' was widely regarded as a pornographic novel; (2) depressed or depressing | ||
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| + | * '''best book''' | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 14 October 2006
- Ulysses: the first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses was published in Paris on 2 February 1922 by Shakespeare and Company. The book had a blue cover with a white title (blue and white being the colours of the Greek flag) and is mentioned again in Finnegans Wake as "his usylessly unreadable Blue Book of Eccles" (FW 179.26-27
- Blue Guide: a series of travel books
- Blue Books: official reports of the English Parliament
- blue: (1) indecent, pornographic → Ulysses was widely regarded as a pornographic novel; (2) depressed or depressing
- best book
