Epic Geography: James Joyce's "Ulysses"

by Michael Seidel

Book Overview

In proposing that places, movements, and directions are deeply implicated in the narrative structure of Ulysses , Michael Seidel contends that Joyce recreates in Dublin the significant epic geography of the Odyssey. The author demonstrates how Joyce adjusts the spaces of Ulysses to accommodate the three theaters of Homeric action as mapped by Victor Berard's Lex Pheniciens et I'Odyssee. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691063036
• ISBN13: 9780691063034
• Release Date: August 1976
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.