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From the creator of UlyssesGuide.com, this essential guide to James Joyce's masterpiece weaves together plot summaries, interpretive analyses, scholarly perspectives, and historical and biographical context to create an easy-to-read, entertaining, and thorough review of Ulysses.
In The Guide to James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' Patrick Hastings provides comprehensive support to readers of Joyce's magnum opus by illuminating crucial details and reveling in the mischievous genius of this unparalleled novel. Written in a voice that offers encouragement and good humor, this guidebook maintains a closeness to the original text and supports the first-time reader of Ulysses with the information needed to successfully finish and appreciate the novel. Deftly weaving together spirited plot summaries, helpful interpretive analyses, scholarly criticism, and explanations of historical and biographical context, Hastings makes Joyce's famously intimidating novel—one that challenges the conventions and limits of language—more accessible and enjoyable than ever before. He unpacks each chapter of Ulysses with episode guides, which offer pointed and readable explanations of what occurs in the text. He also deals adroitly with many of the puzzles Joyce hoped would "keep the professors busy for centuries."
Full of practical resources—including maps, explanations of the old British system of money, photos of places and things mentioned in the text, annotated bibliographies, and a detailed chronology of Bloomsday (June 16, 1904—the single day on which Ulysses is set)—this is an invaluable first resource about a work of art that celebrates the strength of spirit required to endure the trials of everyday existence. The Guide to James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is perfect for anyone undertaking a reading of Joyce's novel, whether as a student, a member of a reading group, or a lover of literature finally crossing this novel off the bucket list.
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Episode Guides
Chapter 1. "Telemachus" Guide
Chapter 2. "Nestor" Guide
Chapter 3. "Proteus" Guide
Chapter 4. "Calypso" Guide
Chapter 5. "Lotus-Eaters" Guide
Chapter 6. "Hades" Guide
Chapter 7. "Aeolus" Guide
Chapter 8. "Lestrygonians" Guide
Chapter 9. "Scylla and Charybdis" Guide
Chapter 10. "Wandering Rocks" Guide
Chapter 11. "Sirens" Guide
Chapter 12. "Cyclops" Guide
Chapter 13. "Nausicaa" Guide
Chapter 14. "Oxen of the Sun" Guide
Chapter 15. "Circe" Guide
Chapter 16. "Eumaeus" Guide
Chapter 17. "Ithaca" Guide
Chapter 18. "Penelope" Guide
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
A. A Chronology of Stephen's Day
B. A Chronology of Bloom's Day
C. Money in Ulysses
D. Ulysses Schema
Notes
Selected and Annotated Bibliography
Index
