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Annesley Bridge Bachelor's Walk Bedford Row Blessington Street 42 Camden Street Lower Christchurch Place College Green The Coombe Dalkey, Dublin Bay Dame Street Eccles Street Finglas Road Fitzgibbon Street Fleet Street Grafton Street Hume Street Island Street Loopline Bridge Lord Edward Street Malahide Road Mary's Abbey Merchant's Arch Merrion Square Mountjoy Square Nelson Street North Circular Road North Strand Road Northumberland Road O'Connell Bridge Ormond Quay Parliament Street Pearse Street Phibsborough Road Rutland Grove Sandycove Sandymount Strand Townsend Street Watling Street Wellington Quay Westland Row Wicklow Street

Fleet Street

Fleet Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland on the South Bank of the Liffey and nearby College Park.

Map

The following is a map of Fleet Street:

Map of Fleet Street

Network Graph

The following is a network graph tying allusions to Fleet Street:

Fleet Street Network Graph

Most Common References

In Fleet Street, there are references to James Lane Allen and Matthew Arnold.

James Lane Allen (1849-1925) was an American novelist who wrote novels set in his home state of Kentucky and characteristic, among other things, for being historically accurate.

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was a Victorian poet and novelist. Like many other Victorian writers, he was concerned with "enlightening the social conscious of England."

This Location in Ulysses

This location includes two allusions to writers, one of them American and the other British. While Allen was very concerned with accurately describing Kentucky, which he thought was a beautiful and wonderful state, Arnold wrestled with heavier ideals and was considered to be one of the most mature writers of his time period. Perhaps Joyce thought of Fleet Street in a literary way and thought of it as merging idealism with reality.