Ulysses (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: June 16, 1904
- Setting: Dublin, Ireland
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Marriage, Jews or Jewish life, Adultery, Creative process, Drinking or drunkenness, Heroes or heroism, Consciousness, Ireland or Irish people
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
Characters Discussed
Stephen Dedalus, a proud and sensitive young Irishman. He is a writer and teacher called Kinch (from “kinchin,” meaning “child”) by one of his friends. In his search for the nature and meaning of life, Stephen examines all phases of his existence. History, he says, is a nightmare from which he is trying to awake. As he looks back to his childhood, he can remember only his family’s poverty and his father as a patron of taverns. His devotion to Ireland is not the answer to his search; she is an old sow, he believes, that eats her own young. His...
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