Ulysses

Details

Instance of

literary work

Inception

1914

Publication date

2 February 1922

Has parts

Telemachus, Nestor, Proteus, Calypso, Lotus-eaters, Hades, Aeolus, Lestrygonians, Scylla and Charybdis, Wandering Rocks, Sirens, Cyclops

Follows

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Followed by

Finnegans Wake

Author

James Joyce

Based on

Odyssey

Derivative works

Ulysses, Bloom

Genre

modernist literature, experimental literature, high literature, metafiction, serialized fiction, autobiography, Bildungsroman

Main subject

Jewish people, Dublin, Ireland

Awards

Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction, Modern Library 100 Best Novels

characters

Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, May Goulding Dedalus, Simon Dedalus, Milly Bloom, Buck Mulligan, Michael Cusack, George William Russell, William Magee, Thomas William Lyster, Joseph Patrick Nannetti

copyright status

public domain, public domain

country of origin

France, United States, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

described by source

The Cast of Characters: A Reading of "Ulysses", Linati schema for Ulysses, Gilbert schema for Ulysses

Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions)

823.912

first line

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

form of creative work

novel

has version, edition or translation

Ulysses, Ulysses, Ulysses (1986), Ulysses (1932), Ulysses (1934), Ulysses (1936), Ulysses (1960), Ulysses, Ulysses, Ulysses, Iliada, Ulysses (1935)

inspired by

Odyssey

language of work or name

English

last line

I said yes I will Yes.

narrative location

Dublin, James Joyce Tower and Museum, National Library of Ireland, Sandymount Strand, Glasnevin Cemetery, Freeman's Journal, Davy Byrne's pub, Dalkey, Cabra, Grafton Street, O'Connell Bridge, Nelson's Pillar

number of parts of this work

18

published in

The Little Review

publisher

Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach

set in period

June 1904

significant event

Bloomsday, Obscenity trial of Ulysses in The Little Review, United States v. One Book Called Ulysses

title

Ulysses

topic's main category

Category:Ulysses (novel)

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