James Joyce's Ulysses: A Study

448 Pages·1955·6.89 MB·English

by  Stuart Gilbert

JAMES
JOYCE'S
ULYSSES
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A
STUDY

JAMES
JOYCE'S
ULYSSES
A
STUDY
BY
STUART
GILBERT
VINTAGE BOOKS
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PREFACE
Twnetyye ahrasvp ea ssseidnt cheae p peaorfat nhcee
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thaeu thooftr h bioso (kna da sw aJso yhciem sdeulrfi ng
thlea twsetn ty yheilasir fse u)os ft-e ht fieos cfaolr mula
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'lonhgaenirgnt s h lei tRtuldeeel 'OdBeuootnn,t. h cer edit
sidweeh, a vtehf ea ctU ltyhsiasnsteo swa ccestsoai lbll.e
As rae souftl hti s chhaapnIpwg yaec s a lolne dmt aok e
ad ecirseigoanrt dhsieon mge wlheantg thy excerpts from
thtee oxftU l yspsreesfit xoee adco hft heei ghctheaepnt ers
ofc omnmteaprryo pMeyfir r.ps ltaw nat sos upptrheessse
altogaesbt ehienrg, sunpoewtrh flUaultoy usisst,esw sea lsf,
presumianb lrmyey,a dhearnsdH'so .w evaefrtc,ea rr eful
thouIgd hetc,i tdore edt tahienfm o,sr e verreaals ons. For
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ofp eoptlheatt h eayt temtport eeaUddl ysasnegdsa viet
Preface
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upa,sm akitnoggor edaetm aonndt sh eaitrt ention, mem­
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after trheciaosdm imnegna tnaudryn dersttahtnehd «?i­ng
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itrl eavteileya sayn uds uaelxlhyi larreaatdIiifnn gg .m y
booikst o b eu seidnt hmiasn naesar n,i ntrodtuoc tion
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during mwahwyie cllhlo shee thoeft htaehr rgeuamde nt.
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changger otuhnedo -ftp hblioasno a kn,hd a vree tained the
extraancsdtu sm miaewrsh ipcrhe ctehdaeen aloyfeasc ihs
episaondmdey c ommeonnit ts.
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forwiantr hdep saega erse cnaoptr iocrsi poeucsu bluatti ve,
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implicoaftt hioeor nisga irnfeau llu lnyr avdeoleolsne ed
stlaorotk fioanrpg p roxiimnta hoteti holenarsn guTahgues.
Im adaep oionfct o nsuJlotyoicnnee gv edroyu bptofiunlt ,
ofa scertfariohnmii tmnh ge eaxsascoctih aeht aiidon n s
minwdh euns ipnrgo pnearm etsru,n captherdao srpe es-
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culiwaorr adnsn,de v"epra sstihFnerg e"n tcehux ntl Ie ss
wass urwee htahde meoafen aicnhg awnopdra ds sage
quictleei anor u mri ndJso.ys cheo wed extraordinary pa­
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jursett utrnoe d Euarfotapel ero ngjiusdhic cairaielne r
the East,h ammduu sctoh f h attevhdeei poeurss istence
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inags ;ma tteorfGi rneg(e skce ondbeyad g ooddi ctionary
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eraaryri tna nlya ngiuesaq guea rlelfyr easnhrdie nwga rd­
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shahlalvd eo nteh eamg ootdu rn.
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viii
somoefh imsa te.r iwHaaelcs o nvearslawsniotths piritual­
islti terIta htiubnrukeItn,, o titcheawdth ,ir leeae dnyo ugh
tot alakb otuhte osaonpodhc yc ulhtei-spmae,pr bshe ­
cauosfeh iCsa thuoplbirci -nsgihieondffg t hissu bject.
Ia ms ometaismke"esDd i,Jd o ybceel iientv hee osophy,
magaincsd o f ohr?tA"n a nswiedsri fficouwlittn,ogt he
ambigoufti htteey r" mb eliineI.vnt"e h mee antihnvege rb
hafso,er x amipnlt ehC,eh risCtrieaeIdnd o ,u ibJfto yce,
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abalnefld u ctu"attriunotgfsh csi"ea nnpcdse y chHoel ogy.
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wamse llolweedsros,g matthiatcnh aotft haes tringently
youmnagno ft hPeo rt)r ait.
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our ttoaglekatsrh ceei rti entd h feo otnooftt hepesa ges
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whow istho detehpeueinnrd ersotfaUn ldyisansngead ss ,
ac ouorfsr ee ad"iontngh s ei de"a-naf poprr ecoifa tion
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allyw,r itothefter h 'sen ineties.
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tearn,td h atth,o uhgeah l lomweet dhg er ealtaetsitt ude
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V,w ritftoterhn ni esew di)tt iowo hnihcehd indo gti ve
hifsu aipip robiantditeoheneda;r r seee veral passages which
Id ireocwtetl ohy i mTh.u st hleo nlgio sfet x ampolfe s
rhetofriocrawmhlsi ccohn clmuydc eosm menotnta hrye
"Aeolus" ecpoimspoiadlthee i ds w assu ggewset ion, and
spesnetv ienrdalu satfrtieornucoosoi nisa boonir tAa.nt di ng