Reissued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, this now classic text includes a new preface by author Daniel Schwarz taking account of scholarly and critical developments since its original publication. It shows how the now-important issues of postcolonialism, feminism, Irish Studies and urban culture are addressed within the text, as well as a discussion of how the book can be approached by both beginners and seasoned readers. Schwarz not only presents a powerful and original reading of Joyce's great epic novel, but discusses it in terms of a dialogue between recent and more traditional theory. Focusing on what he calls the odyssean reader, Schwarz demonstrates how the experience of reading Ulysses involves responding both to traditional plot and character, and to the novel's stylistic experiments.
In this major study of Ulysses, Daniel R. Schwarz not only presents a powerful and original reading of Joyce's great epic novel, but discusses it in terms of a dialogue between recent and more traditional literary theory. He takes full account of Gabler's Ulysses: A Critical and Synoptic Edition. Focusing on what he calls the odyssean reader, Schwarz demonstrates how the experience of reading Ulysses involves responding to traditional plot and character as well as to the novel's Stylistic experiment.
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Acknowledgements * Introduction: 'O, Rocks ... Tell Us in Plain Words' * Joyce as 'Lord and Giver' of Language: Form and Metaphor in Ulysses * Joyce's Concept of a Hero * The Odyssey of Reading Ulysses * The Movement from Lyrical to Epical and Dramatic Form: The Opening of Ulysses * Joyce's Irish Jew: Bloom * The Concept of Artistic Paternity in “Scylla and Charybdis” * The Adventure of Reading: The Styles of the Odyssey and the Odyssey of Styles * “Circe” as the Climax of Joyce's Humanistic Vision * Metaphoricity in “Eumaes” and “Ithaca” * “Penelope”: Molly as Metaphor * Appendix * Selected Bibliography * Index
Acknowledgements * Introduction: 'O, Rocks ... Tell Us in Plain Words' * Joyce as 'Lord and Giver' of Language: Form and Metaphor in Ulysses * Joyce's Concept of a Hero * The Odyssey of Reading Ulysses * The Movement from Lyrical to Epical and Dramatic Form: The Opening of Ulysses * Joyce's Irish Jew: Bloom * The Concept of Artistic Paternity in “Scylla and Charybdis” * The Adventure of Reading: The Styles of the Odyssey and the Odyssey of Styles * “Circe” as the Climax of Joyce's Humanistic Vision * Metaphoricity in “Eumaes” and “Ithaca” * “Penelope”: Molly as Metaphor * Appendix * Selected Bibliography * Index
Schwarz's sensible, conservative reading of Ulysses emphasizes that ``Joyce always returns from his fascination with stylistic innovation to focus on his characters.'' Though his approach is traditional, Schwarz does justice throughout to the novel's radical ambiguity and to contemporary critical theory. Chapters on how Joyce's fiction ``signifies,'' Joyce's concept of the hero, and the role of the reader are followed by a substantial episode-by-episode reader's guide. The Iliad , Wilde, Yeats, Dante, Milton, Tennyson, Swift, and Blake figure prominently, and Schwarz argues strikingly for the central importance of the ``Scylla and Charybdis'' chapter. Though not a radical departure from earlier readings, this is a thoughtful interpretation that serious students of Ulysses will welcome. Keith Cushman, English Dept., Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro Copyright 1987 Cahners Business Information.
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