Ulysses and us : the art of everyday life in Joyce's masterpiece / Declan Kiberd.

Author/creator Kiberd, Declan
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteOriginally published: 2009.
General note"First published as a Norton paperback 2010"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 359-379) and index.
ISBN0393339092 (pbk.)
ISBN9780393339093 (pbk.)