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James Joyce "U.p." at bat: baseball symbolism in Ulysses' "Nausicaa".(James Henry O'Rourke)(Biography)

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From: Nine
Date: 20050922
Author:Bielawa, Michael J.

Had he ever read Homer?

Try as he would he could only think of four bases and not a book. Roy Hobbs in Bernard Malamud, The Natural

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As every fan of James Joyce is keenly aware, the fourth year of the twentieth century holds a very special significance in his masterwork, Ulysses. The novel, deemed by the Modern Library as the century's most important literary work, focuses on the events and thoughts surrounding Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom, and Leopold's wife, Molly. The events all take place in Dublin on June 16, 1904. The year is vastly important as ...

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