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Works of James Joyce: Ulysses, 1922.

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Joyce, James

Joyce, James
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Ulysses, 1922.

In this lengthy and intricate novel, Joyce bases the peregrinations of
Leopold Bloom across Dublin upon the wanderings of Odysseus; Bloom is the most
elaborately developed character in fiction. Although Stephen Dedalus appears
frequently in Ulysses, Joyce is more interested in his lower-middle-class
advertising canvasser than in his bright young man.

Great debates ensue among Joyceans as to whether Bloom is "saint" or
"sinner" - or neither. More important is that Joyce changed his Greek source
considerably to create in Bloom a man of ...

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