Joyce's Ulysses for Everyone

Or How to Skip Reading It the First Time

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Author: John Mood ISBN: 9781418460334
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publication: June 11, 2004
Imprint: AuthorHouse Language: English
Author: John Mood
ISBN: 9781418460334
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication: June 11, 2004
Imprint: AuthorHouse
Language: English

Most scholarly writing about Joyces Ulysses has concentrated on its parallels with Homer''s Odyssey, Catholic theology, Dublins streets, Shakespearean references (especially Hamlet} , all of which, and much more, Joyce included in his novel but emphasizing the interpretation of these overlays to the story has led to the book appearing almost impenetrable to readers who might otherwise enjoy it.

Mood attempts to cut through these grids and go directly to the strengths of the novel: - its suspenseful double plot, its breathtaking wordplay, its eroticism and, above all, its constant hilarious comedy.One doesn''t need to know a thing about the Odyssey toenjoy Ulysses thoroughly.

The life of the young Stephen Dedalus is in a mess and he obviously needs an elder''s advice.The older Leopold Bloom yearns to pass on his wisdom to someone younger.He also learns his wife Molly is going to commit adultery for the first time.These plots, not Catholic theology or Hamlet, is what the novel is "about".And the comedy, the sex, the heart-stopping suspense and the verbal fireworks are what drive the reader on.

Moods book makes this obvious on every page.One will never have difficulty reading Ulysses again.

The late dean of American critics Leslie Fiedler said it would be "more useful [for beginning readers] than anything else I have seen".

Best-selling Dublin novelist and memoirist Nuala O''Faolain said it is a "charming and funny account of Ulysses" and "quite authoritative as well."

Tom Wolfe commented, "I certainly enjoyed your Joycean excursion, particularly the part about Joyces interweaving of various narrative voices.

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Most scholarly writing about Joyces Ulysses has concentrated on its parallels with Homer''s Odyssey, Catholic theology, Dublins streets, Shakespearean references (especially Hamlet} , all of which, and much more, Joyce included in his novel but emphasizing the interpretation of these overlays to the story has led to the book appearing almost impenetrable to readers who might otherwise enjoy it.

Mood attempts to cut through these grids and go directly to the strengths of the novel: - its suspenseful double plot, its breathtaking wordplay, its eroticism and, above all, its constant hilarious comedy.One doesn''t need to know a thing about the Odyssey toenjoy Ulysses thoroughly.

The life of the young Stephen Dedalus is in a mess and he obviously needs an elder''s advice.The older Leopold Bloom yearns to pass on his wisdom to someone younger.He also learns his wife Molly is going to commit adultery for the first time.These plots, not Catholic theology or Hamlet, is what the novel is "about".And the comedy, the sex, the heart-stopping suspense and the verbal fireworks are what drive the reader on.

Moods book makes this obvious on every page.One will never have difficulty reading Ulysses again.

The late dean of American critics Leslie Fiedler said it would be "more useful [for beginning readers] than anything else I have seen".

Best-selling Dublin novelist and memoirist Nuala O''Faolain said it is a "charming and funny account of Ulysses" and "quite authoritative as well."

Tom Wolfe commented, "I certainly enjoyed your Joycean excursion, particularly the part about Joyces interweaving of various narrative voices.

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