Ulysses and us : the art of everyday life in Joyce's masterpiece / Declan Kiberd.
| Author/creator | Kiberd, Declan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010. |
| Description | xi, 399 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | How Ulysses didn't change our lives -- How it might still do so -- Paralysis, self-help and revival -- Waking -- Learning -- Thinking -- Walking -- Praying -- Dying -- Reporting -- Eating -- Reading -- Wandering -- Singing -- Drinking -- Ogling -- Birthing -- Dreaming -- Parenting -- Teaching -- Loving -- Ordinary people's odysseys -- Old testaments and new -- Depression and after : Dante's Comedy -- Shakespeare, Hamlet, and company -- The long day fades. |
| Abstract | Explores the lessons that modern readers can draw from Joyce's classic work, revealing how "Ulysses" presents a vision of a more tolerant and decent society in which the seemingly banal hero, Leopold Bloom, represents ordinary wisdom that can offer a model for living. |
| General note | Originally published: 2009. |
| General note | "First published as a Norton paperback 2010"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-379) and index. |
| ISBN | 0393339092 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780393339093 (pbk.) |