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Novel · 1922

Ulysses

James Joyce

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novel · 1922 · Irish · Modern

Ulysses

James Joyce

Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus cross Dublin on 16 June 1904.

ModernismStream of consciousnessCityHomecomingIdentity

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Homeric correspondences enlarge ordinary acts without making them mere symbols. Each episode's formal experiment requires a different way of listening to the city.

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