Ulysses

Ulysses

Ulysses is a novel by Irish author James Joyce. It is a classic example of Stream of Consciousness literature and is generally considered to be one of the greatest works in the English language.

Fast Facts

Author: James Joyce
Genre: Stream of Consciousness, Modernism
Publication Date: February 2, 1922
Publisher: University of California Press (2008 revised and expanded edition)
Pages: 694 (2008 revised and expanded edition)
ISBN 0520253973 (2008 revised and expanded edition)
Distinctions: Best Novel of the 20th Century (Modern Library)
Adaptations: Ulysses and Bloom (films), Ulysses (Full-cast radio drama)
Each character loosely corresponds to a character in Homer's The Odyssey - whose main character Ulysses inspired the title
Originally published serially in The Little Review (1918 - 1920)
Annual Commemoration: Bloomsday, June 16

Plot Synopsis

Ulysses follows the relationships and lives of several people in Dublin, Ireland: Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and others. The book uses several different narrative techniques, including Interior Monologue, Stream of Consciousness, play script, and several points of view.

Critical Reception

Due to a sequence in Ulysses wherein the the character Gerty covertly exposes herself to Leopold Bloom and both characters masturbate, the original serialized publication, Ulysses was attacked and banned in the United States as obscene -- a decision reversed by the Supreme Court in 1933. The novel edition was banned in the United Kingdom until the 1930s. Joyce deliberately peppered the novel with puns, literary allusions, and alliteration, and complicated the book with a non-linear structure in an attempt to "gain immortality." His tactic has succeeded, as the book is one of the most critically analyzed literary works in the English language.

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Wikipedia: Ulysses
Project Gutenberg: Ulysses
University of Milwaukee: Ulysses Traditions and Interpretations
The Robot Wisdom Pages: The Internet Ulysses
Music in the Works of James Joyce: Music in Ulysses
Amazon.com: Ulysses Book Search
YouTube: Bloom Trailer (Time: 1:51)

Ulysses Free Online Versions

The Literature Network: Ulysses
LibriVox: Ulysses Audiobook
PodcastDirectory.com: Ulysses Audiobook

Ulysses Study Guides

SparkNotes: Ulysses
CilffsNotes: Ulysses
Cummings Study Guides: Ulysses
MonkeyNotes: Ulysses

Ulysses Literary Analysis and Criticism

The James Joyce Scholars' Collection: James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses
The James Joyce Scholars' Collection: The Odyssey of Style in Ulysses
Washington and Lee University: Virtual Joyce: The Geography of Ulysses
Ineluctable Modality: The Schemata of Ulysses
Julie Lorenzen: "Daedalus and Odysseus: Two Mythic Heroes Influencing Fatherhood" (2006)
Gerry Carlin's Page: Notes on James Joyce's Ulysses
eNotes: Ulysses Character Analysis

Ulysses Quotations

Wikiquote: Ulysses
LitQuotes: Ulysses
The Modern Word: Joyce Quotes

Ulysses Author Information

- Mahalo's Guide to James Joyce
Official Site: The James Joyce Centre
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: The James Joyce Scholars' Collection
Books and Writers: James Joyce
TIME 100: James Joyce
Wikipedia: James Joyce

Ulysses Merchandise

Amazon.com: Ulysses Book Search
Powell's Books: Ulysses Book Search
Barnes & Noble.com: Ulysses Book Search
Alibris: Ulysses Used Book Search
eBay: Ulysses Merchandise

Ulysses News and Articles

Google News: Ulysses
Yahoo! News: Ulysses
BBC News: Cheat's Guide to Joyce's Ulysses (2004)
NPR: Reading Ulysses for Bloomsday (Audio) (2002)

Ulysses Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards

Literature Network Forums: Ulysses
Blog: Reading James Joyce's Ulysses for the First Time
Yahoo! Groups: Joyce-Ulysses
Google Blog Search: Ulysses

Ulysses Adaptations

The following links are from IMDb which contains pop-ups
1967: Ulysses
1982: Uliisses
2004: Bloom

Ulysses Culture and Humor

The Best of From Hunger: Ulysses for Dummies
Indiana University: The Novel of the Century: James Joyce's Ulysses
University of Queensland: James Joyce's Ulysses: A Dublin Tour
JoyceImages.com: Ulysses
YouTube: "Yes": Last Lines of Ulysses Set to Music (Time 2:22)

Bloomsday Celebrations

Wikipedia: Bloomsday
NPR: Celebrating the Bloomsday Centennial (Transcript, Audio and Photo Gallery)
BBC News: In Pictures: Bloomsday Celebrations
ErasmusPC: Happy Bloomsday!

Related Pages on Mahalo

James Joyce | T.S. Eliot | Finnegans Wake | Homer | The Odyssey | Odysseus | Modernism | Ezra Pound | Samuel Beckett | Vladamir Nabokov | Jacques Derrida | Leopold Bloom

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