与大城市的冷漠不同,在都柏林城里,“天才”依然能够引起人们足够的关注初出茅庐爱尔兰作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(1882-1941)出生在爱尔兰的首都都柏林,《爱尔兰时报》曾不无自豪地称这个城市为大英帝国的第二大城市①。不过这不是根据人口算的,因为直到1911年都柏林包括郊区人口也不过四十多万②,而那时加尔各答已有上百万人口。不过在政治上,都柏林作为英国的第一个海外殖民地首都,确实可以位居第二。而正 Different from the indifference of big cities, “genius” can still attract enough attention in the city of Dublin. The fledgling Irish author James Joyce (1882-1941) was born in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The Irish Times once did not Proud to call this city the second largest city in the British Empire. However, this is not based on the population, as it was not more than 400,000 in Dublin, including the suburbs, until 1911, when Kolkata had millions of people. However, politically, Dublin, as the capital of Britain’s first overseas colony, can indeed rank second. And positive