Ulysses Explained - How Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare Inform Joyce''s Modernist Vision

Zusatztext “‘Ulysses’ Explained is an excellent book that combines smooth readability and sound scholarship and works perfectly well both as a guide for the general reader and as an enriching experience for the specialized Joycean.” (Laura Pelaschiar, James Joyce Quarterly,Vol. 53 (1-2), 2015-2016) Informationen zum Autor David Weir is Professor of Comparative Literature at The Cooper Union, USA. Klappentext When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses , the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Zusammenfassung When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work! Ulysses ! the influence of three literary giants! Homer! Shakespeare! and Dante! cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative! Dantesque structure! and Shakespearean plot! Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Homeric Narrative 2. Shakespearean Plot 3. Dantesque Design Afterword Appendix A: Synopsis of Ulysses Appendix B: Consolidated Schema Appendix C: The Odyssey and Ulysses : Episode and Chapter Comparison Appendix D: Modernist Sexuality in Exiles

List of contents

Introduction 1. Homeric Narrative 2. Shakespearean Plot 3. Dantesque Design Afterword Appendix A: Synopsis of Ulysses Appendix B: Consolidated Schema Appendix C: The Odyssey and Ulysses : Episode and Chapter Comparison Appendix D: Modernist Sexuality in Exiles

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"'Ulysses' Explained is an excellent book that combines smooth readability and sound scholarship and works perfectly well both as a guide for the general reader and as an enriching experience for the specialized Joycean." (Laura Pelaschiar, James Joyce Quarterly,Vol. 53 (1-2), 2015-2016)

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• Authors: D. Weir, David Weir, David (Professor of Comparative Literature Weir
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781137488404
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48840-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; B, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Narrative;novel;structure;William Shakespeare