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James Joyce and Modern Literature

'Ulysses' in history

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Jameson, F
December 22, 2015

The author explores the Ulysses where most people would agree that these are surely the Eumaeus and the Ithaca chapters, the scene in the cabmen's shelter and the catechism. The readings of Ulysses first in terms of the Odyssey parallel; second, in terms of the father-son relationship; and third, in terms of some possible happy end according to which this day, Bloomsday, will have changed everything, and will in particular have modified Mr Bloom's position in the home and relationship to his wife. The author have found that in order to do that properly one must necessarily speak about the rest in some detail so that finally those parts are greatly reduced. The traditional interpretations which the author mentioned have become so sedimented into the text Ulysses being one of those books which is always-already-read and interpreted by other people, that it is hard to see it afresh and impossible to read it as though those interpretations had never existed.

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9781138186163

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December 22, 2015

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126 / 141
 

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Jameson, F. (2015). 'Ulysses' in history. In James Joyce and Modern Literature (pp. 126–141).
Jameson, F. “'Ulysses' in history.” In James Joyce and Modern Literature, 126–41, 2015.
Jameson F. 'Ulysses' in history. In: James Joyce and Modern Literature. 2015. p. 126–41.
Jameson, F. “'Ulysses' in history.” James Joyce and Modern Literature, 2015, pp. 126–41.
Jameson F. 'Ulysses' in history. James Joyce and Modern Literature. 2015. p. 126–141.
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ISBN

9781138186163

Publication Date

December 22, 2015

Start / End Page

126 / 141