A survey of foundational theory on James Joyce's Ulysses
This collection of essays reviews the state of theory on James Joyce's Ulysses more than 100 years after the fictitious Leopold Bloom steps into the novel, a day Joyceans celebrate as Bloomsday. The contributors—well known for their work in James Joyce studies—each provide three assessments in their areas of specialization: a history of the best criticism to date, an updating of critical positions, and an agenda for future examination. In clear, accessible language, the collection examines the insights readers can expect from particular modes of inquiry and offers an informed view of theoretical approaches and interpretive trends.
For new Joyce scholars, the book provides a highly readable summary of existing criticism. For seasoned Joyceans, it offers an important review of the methodologies that have made significant contributions to understanding the novel.
In this survey of foundational theory on James Joyce's
Ulysses, seasoned Joyceans introduce the methodologies that have made significant contributions to understanding the novel.
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A substantial contribution to Ulysses criticism, to the pedagogical as well as scholarly dimensions of Joyce studies.... It is also an engaging and stimulating consideration of the future orientations of Joyce studies. - Vincent Sherry, Pierce Butler Professor of English, Tulane University
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| Introduction: The Mime of Mick, Nick, and the Maggies |
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``Preparatory to anything else'': Joyce's Styles as Forms of Memory --- The Case of ``Eumaeus'' |
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35 | (18) |
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II. Perspectives of the Readers |
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Joyce and the Invention of Language |
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En-Gendered Choice and Agency in Ulysses |
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70 | (18) |
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Ulysses and Queer Theory: A Continuing History |
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88 | (29) |
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III. Pre- and Post-Publication |
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Joycean Pop Culture: Fragments toward an Institutional History and Futurology |
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117 | (18) |
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135 | (17) |
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Before and After: The Manuscripts in Textual and Genetic Criticism of Ulysses |
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152 | (19) |
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Ulysses: Bibliography Revisited |
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171 | (22) |
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| Works Cited |
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193 | (20) |
| List of Contributors |
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| Index |
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Michael Patrick Gillespie, Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English at Marquette University, is the author or editor of many books, most recently The Aesthetics of Chaos: Nonlinear Thinking and Contemporary Literary Criticism (UPF). A. Nicholas Fargnoli, professor of theology and English at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York, is president of the James Joyce Society and founder of the Finnegans Wake Society of New York. He is coauthor of James Joyce A to Z and editor of James Joyce: A Documentary Volume, among other works.
