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How to Read «Ulysses», and Why

How to Read «Ulysses», and Why

Dr Jefferson Hunter

Paperback

English as a Second LanguageLiterary CriticismGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 0820456683
ISBN13: 9780820456683
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: Jan 29 2002
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This short guidebook, written specifically for first-time readers of Ulysses by a veteran teacher of Joyce's novel, offers a way in to one of the most pleasure-giving books ever created. After an introduction surveying Joyce's techniques, both traditional (the creation of plausible characters and a fully realized Dublin setting) and modern (interior monologue, the Homeric parallels, stylistic experimentation), an episode-by-episode commentary leads readers through the fictional events of June 16, 1904, explaining obscurities, identifying main themes, translating foreign phrases - in short, making understandable the world of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold and Molly Bloom. An afterword looks at Ulysses as a whole, arguing that like all comic masterpieces it applies a sophisticated treatment to ordinary materials. An annotated bibliography suggests further resources for studying the novel.

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