Ulysses , novel by Irish writer James Joyce , first published in book form in Stylistically dense and exhilarating, it is generally regarded as a masterpiece and has been the subject of numerous volumes of commentary and analysis. All the action of Ulysses takes place in and immediately around Dublin on a single day June 16,

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James Joyce 's Ulysses may be more talked about than read. It occupies an intimidating position within the literary canon as a byword for experimental modernism. Joyce helped to forge its reputation, mischievously claiming 'I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality'. Usage terms Public Domain. Ulysses is ostensibly a modern reworking of The Odyssey. Its 18 chapters were each named after an episode of Homer's epic, and Joyce's first critics made much of this tribute to shield him from the charge of obscenity.
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More than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, Prose Home Harriet Blog. Visit Home Events Exhibitions Library. Newsletter Subscribe Give. Poetry Foundation. Back to Previous. Ulysses Launch Audio in a New Window.
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