How to Read ｫUlyssesｻ, and Why (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820456683)

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.

Author: Dr Jefferson Hunter
ISBN-10: 0820456683
ISBN-13: 9780820456683
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2002
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d