Dec 19, 2009
The novel focuses on the events of June 16, 1904, in Dublin, Ireland, in particular on the day’s experiences of Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman, his wife Molly, and Stephen Dedalus, an artist in search of a subject. Although he has abundant intellectual and educational resources for the task, Stephen is burdened by a weak father image, a debilitating guilt over his recently dead mother, and insensitive and untrustworthy companions. Leopold Bloom, on the other hand, is an average citizen carried along in the flow of everyday life: We observe his every move, thought, sensation,...
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