On 17 January 1903, Joyce returned to Paris, via London. In March 1903, Joyce met the playwright Synge in Paris. Synge gave him a copy of his play, Riders to the Sea, and Joyce proceeded to criticise it. Joyce, however, did come to admire the play and even translated it into Italian when he was living in Trieste. In March Joyce wrote to his mother reassuring her about his assiduous reading habits and regular church attendance: "I read every day in the Bibliotheque Nationale and in the Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve. I often go to vespers at Notre Dame or at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. I never go to the theatre - as I have no money" (SL 19). By this stage he had abandoned his medical studies. (O'Hanrahan, "'Is it possible I am worth something?' Joyce's Paris Addresses" (2003/2008), 2-3)
Notre Dame de Paris (French for "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is an historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the most well-known churches ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently Andre Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary, which houses the purported crown of thorns, a fragment of the True Cross and one of the Holy Nails - all instruments of the Passion and a few of the most important first-class relics.
Notre Dame de Paris is often reputed to be one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture in both France and in Europe as a whole, and the naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture. The first period of construction from 1163 into 1240s coincided with the musical experiments of the Notre Dame school.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. An extensive restoration supervised by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc removed remaining decoration, returning the cathedral to an 'original' gothic state. (Cited from the site of "Wikipedia")
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On 17 January 1903, Joyce returned to Paris, via London. In March 1903, Joyce met the playwright Synge in Paris. Synge gave him a copy of his play, Riders to the Sea, and Joyce proceeded to criticise it. Joyce, however, did come to admire the play and even translated it into Italian when he was living in Trieste. In March Joyce wrote to his mother reassuring her about his assiduous reading habits and regular church attendance: "I read every day in the Bibliotheque Nationale and in the Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve. I often go to vespers at Notre Dame or at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. I never go to the theatre - as I have no money" (SL 19). By this stage he had abandoned his medical studies. (O'Hanrahan 2-3)
Saint-Germain-des-Pres is an area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Home to a number of famous cafes, such as Les Deux Magots and Cafe de Flore, the Saint-Germain-des-Pres area was the center of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir).
Many writers have written about this Parisian district in prose such as Boris Vian, Gabriel Matzneff (see La Nation francaise), Jean-Paul Caracalla or in Japanese poetry in the case of Nicolas Grenier. (Extracted from the site of "Wikipedia")
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"En 1922, Dans cette maison. Melle Sylvia Beach publia "Ulysses" de James Joyce.
J.J.S.S.F."
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