'- What is your nation if I may ask, says the citizen.
- Ireland, says Bloom. I was born here. Ireland.'

Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on modern fiction. In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day, 16 June 1904, the novel traces the movements of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin. Each episode has
its own literary style, and the epic journey of Odysseus is only one of many correspondencies that add layers of meaning to the text.

Today critical interest centres on the authority of the text, and this edition, complete with an invaluable introduction, notes, and appendices, republishes for the first time, without interference, the original 1922 text. Jeri Johnson's commentary guides the reader through this highly allusive
novel in an edition acclaimed by scholars and general readers alike.

This updated edition includes new explanatory notes, a revised introduction, and expanded bibliography.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Joyce, James
ISBN: 9780192855107
Condition: Used
Number Of Pages: 1056
Publication Year: 2022

Language: English

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Wallace S. - 2 years 1 month ago

There's a reason why Ulysses is considered difficult: it is. Yet pleasurably difficult. It is an attempt to unlock the mystery of consciousness and civilisation without necessarily revealing the secret. Over a period equaling roughly twenty-four hours we wander through the streets of Dublin accompanied by Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom as they drink, dream, and experience the richness of life as it is lived on an ordinary day. If Ulysses has a message it is this: there is no such thing as an ordinary day. Using various writing techniques, including parody and stream of consciousness, Joyce asks us to peer beneath the surface and see the real truth about humanity in all its grubby, lusting, insecure, hypocritical glory. Each minute of each day is lived with private woes and private victories and each individual keeps it all locked up inside their brain, hidden away from their fellow travellers. No more. Joyce removes the necessity of plot and turns the novel into a work of psychological revelation, creating a piece of art which to this day continues to tower over the genre of fiction and indeed the whole 20th Century. Difficult and messy, but only in the sense that life is difficult and messy.
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