Ulysses: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Ulysses by James Joyce — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declared it an emetic book-although he found it not quite obscene enough to disallow its importation into the United States-and Virginia Woolf was moved to decry James Joyce's "cloacal obsession". None of these descriptions, however, do the slightest justice to the novel. To this day it remains the modernist masterpiece, in which the author takes both Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. It is funny, sorrowful, and even (in its own way) suspenseful. And despite the e
Quick facts about Ulysses
- Title: Ulysses
- Author: James Joyce
- First published: 1914
- Genre: married people, male friendship, fiction
- OpenLibrary ID: OL86318W
Where to read Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ulysses about?
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy.
Who wrote Ulysses?
Ulysses was written by James Joyce.
When was Ulysses published?
Ulysses was first published in 1914.
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