Ulysses (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: June 16, 1904
- 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
Places Discussed
*Dublin. Ireland’s capital city and principal east coast port on the Irish Sea, through which a young Irish writer and teacher named Stephen Dedalus (whom Joyce introduced in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1914) and the Jewish advertising salesman Leopold Bloom wander until they eventually meet. The novel explores streets, shops, public houses, and countless other places found along their routes.
In 1904, Dublin is a city with a population of about three hundred thousand people. Ireland is still under the rule of Great Britain, whose...
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