Ulysses

by James Joyce

Overview

From "The Quarterly Review" - Volume 238 - Page 219 - 1922:

WHEN a massive volume, whose resemblance in size and colour to the London Telephone Book must make it a danger to the unsuspecting, is written by a well-known Dublin author, printed at Dijon, and published in Paris at an excessive price, it is liable to escape the dignity of general notice unless for particular reasons. "Ulysses," however, has achieved the success of a scandal behind the scenes. In the first place, it has been brought out in a limited edition, and in the second,

the author has passed all limits of restraint or convention. It is not the kind of book readily to be met with on Messrs. W. H. Smith's ubiquitous stalls or obtained from the most obliging of lending libraries.

It is doubtful if the British Museum possesses a copy, as the book apparently could not be printed in England, and no copy could fall by law to the great national collection. Whether a copy will ever be procured by purchase may be left to the taste of the Trustees of the future. The rulers of the National Library of Ireland will have the more difficult task of deciding whether to house the largest book composed by an Irish author since the publication of the 'Annals of the Four Masters,' a book, moreover, which is most intimately bound up with the daily life of Dublin twenty years ago.

For while it contains some gruesome and realistic pictures of low life in Dublin, which would duly form part of the sociological history of the Irish capital, it also contains passages fantastically opposed to all ideas of good taste and morality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823142823
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/05/2022
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection "Dubliners" (1914), and the novels "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" (1916) and "Finnegan's Wake" (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, letters, and occasional journalism.

Date of Birth:

February 2, 1882

Date of Death:

January 13, 1941

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Zurich, Switzerland

Education:

B.A., University College, Dublin, 1902

Website:

http://www.jamesjoyce.ie