Ulysses

James Joyce

Summary

"Ulysses" by James Joyce is a modernist novel published in 1922. It chronicles one day in Dublin—June 16, 1904—following three characters whose experiences mirror Homer's Odyssey. Leopold Bloom parallels Odysseus, his wife Molly echoes Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus reflects Telemachus. Through experimental prose styles and stream of consciousness technique, Joyce explores themes of identity, Irish life, and human consciousness. The novel's complexity, literary allusions, and revolutionary approach to depicting thought have made it one of modernism's most celebrated and debated works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Alienation (Social psychology) — Fiction
• Artists — Fiction
• City and town life — Fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Dublin (Ireland) — Fiction
• Epic literature
• Jewish men — Fiction
• Male friendship — Fiction
• Married people — Fiction
• Psychological fiction

Bookshelves

• Banned Books List from the American Library Association
• Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
• Best Books Ever Listings
• British Literature
• Classics of Literature
• Novels
• Erotic Fiction