Ulysses Royal Collectors Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket by James Joyce Hardback Book 9781774379202

Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day 16 June 1904 Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus the hero of Homers epic poem Odyssey and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Leopold Bloom and Odysseus Molly Bloom and Penelope and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus in addition to events and themes of the early twentieth century context of modernism Dublin and Irelands relationship to Britain The novel imitates registers of centuries of English literature and is highly allusiveSince publication Ulysses has attracted controversy and scrutiny ranging from early obscenity trials to protracted textual quotJoyce Warsquot Ulysses streamofconsciousness technique careful structuring and experimental prose full of puns parodies and allusions as well as its rich characterisation and broad humour made the book a highly regarded novel in the modernist pantheon Joyce fans worldwide now celebrate 16 June as Bloomsday In 1998 the American publishing firm Modern Library ranked Ulysses first on its list of...