Joyce

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In this engaging introduction, Vincent Sherry combines a close reading of Ulysses with new critical arguments. He provides a useful guide to the episodic sequence of Joyce's novel. In addition, he presents a searching interpretation of this masterwork, freshly addressing the major issues in Ulysses criticism. He shows how Joyce's modernist epic remodels Homer's Odyssey; he examines and explains Joyce's extraordinary verbal experiments; and he reads anew the most challenging language of the text, the words through which the characters reveal their secret lives. He also reclaims the landmark status of Joyce's monumental novel, situating it in the relevant contexts of literary tradition and political history. This book is essential reading for all students of Joyce, whether they are approaching Ulysses for the first time or returning to the text.

subjects: Literary Criticism,  Nonfiction,  Greek influences,  Leopold Bloom (Fictitious character),  Molly Bloom (Fictitious character),  In literature,  English fiction,  Influence,  Bloom, Molly (Personnage fictif),  Dublin (Irlande) dans la litterature,  Ulysses (Joyce),  LITERARY CRITICISM,  Ulysses (Joyce, James),  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literature,  Bloom, Leopold (Personnage fictif),  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),  Roman anglais,  Influence grecque,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  English literature, foreign influences,  Bloom, molly (fictitious character),  Bloom, leopold (fictitious character)