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ULYSSES (UNABRIDGED CLASSICS)
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Om Books International
| Author:
James Joyce
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Om Books International
Author:
James Joyce
Language:
English
Format:
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“Every life is in many
days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts,
giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always
meeting ourselves. Considered one of the most important modernist works in
literature, James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) is often referred to as a modern
parallel of Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey. The story revolves around the events
of a single ordinary day, 16 June 1904, in the life of Leopold Bloom, Mary
Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, the famous hero from Joyce’s A Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man, who act as counterparts of Telemachus, Odysseus and
Penelope respectively from the epic poem. Joyce portrays modernist concerns
in the context of the 20th century by enhancing the structural similarities
yet stark differences between the events and characters of the epic poem and
his novel. His use of ingenious characterisation and humour as well as
literary techniques such as stream of consciousness, allusions and puns not
only enrich the novel but also elucidate the inner workings of the mind and
the nonlinear progressions of thought. Fans of the author now celebrate 16
June worldwide as Bloomsday.”
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“Every life is in many
days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts,
giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always
meeting ourselves. Considered one of the most important modernist works in
literature, James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) is often referred to as a modern
parallel of Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey. The story revolves around the events
of a single ordinary day, 16 June 1904, in the life of Leopold Bloom, Mary
Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, the famous hero from Joyce’s A Portrait of the
Artist as a Young Man, who act as counterparts of Telemachus, Odysseus and
Penelope respectively from the epic poem. Joyce portrays modernist concerns
in the context of the 20th century by enhancing the structural similarities
yet stark differences between the events and characters of the epic poem and
his novel. His use of ingenious characterisation and humour as well as
literary techniques such as stream of consciousness, allusions and puns not
only enrich the novel but also elucidate the inner workings of the mind and
the nonlinear progressions of thought. Fans of the author now celebrate 16
June worldwide as Bloomsday.”
About Author
Born
on 2 February 1882 in Dublin, Ireland, James Joyce was one of the most
revered writers of the 2th century. His masterpiece, Ulysses, remains an
unparalleled literary feat. His exploration of language and his exceptional
use of the stream-of-consciousness
technique immensely contributed to the modernist avant-garde, inspiring
contemporary writers to experiment withÂ
fresh perspective.
A brilliant student, Joyce briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run
O’Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and
Belvedere. In 194, in his early twenties, he emigrated permanently to
continental Europe with his partner and future wife, Nora Barnacle. Though
most of his life was spent in Trieste, Paris and Zurich, his fictional
universe was largely set in Dublin, with characters who resembled his family
members, acquaintances, friends and enemies. Joyce’s other well known works
include Dubliners, a short-story collection; his first novel, A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man, which caught the attention of the American poet,
Ezra Pound, who praised him for his unconventional style and voice, and the
masterly Finnegans Wake. Following the Nazi invasion of Paris, he and his
family moved to southern France in 194. On 13 January 1941, following an
intestinal operation, the writer passed away in Zurich, where he is buried in
the Fluntern cemetery.
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