James Joyce: aspects of psychology psychoanalysis and Irish nationalism intertwined with alcohol consumption
James Joyce: aspects of psychology psychoanalysis and Irish nationalism intertwined with alcohol consumption

Summary/Abstract: In this report we will describe how alcohol played an important role throughout James Augustine Aloysius Joyce's work, even though the Irishman has never been clinically diag-nosed as being an alcoholic. In this way, while for some of his readers it might come as a shock to find out that he was a binge drinker, Joyce not only admitted to his drinking hab-its, but he claimed that drinking made for an excellent writing aid. He is also said to have believed that liquor heightened feelings and he could not write as well without the drink-ing process. Another link that brings its contribution to the chaining of alcohol to Joyce’s work from a literary point of view is the presence of Irish nationalism. Thus, the national-ist fervour depicted in his literary work seems to always be accompanied by alcohol con-sumption, self-pity and the reminiscences of the greater times, all dominated by a sense of sarcasm conducted by the author.

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