{"product_id":"bloomsday-100-morris-beja-9780813041971","title":"Bloomsday 100: Essays on Ulysses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e is always lauded as one of western culture's most important books. This collection of essays re-asserts the worth and vitality of Joyce's monumental text, not because it is challenging but because it speaks so powerfully to significant present-day issues: anti-Semitism, film, melodrama, fashion, photography, silenced women, advertising, and more.\"--Jennifer Fraser, author of \u003ci\u003eRite of Passage in the Narratives of Dante and Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 16, 2004, was the one hundredth anniversary of Bloomsday, the day that James Joyce's novel \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003etakes place. To celebrate the occasion, thousands took to the streets in Dublin, following in the footsteps of protagonist Leopold Bloom. The event also was marked by the Bloomsday 100 Symposium, where world-renowned scholars discussed Joyce's seminal work. This volume contains the best, most provocative readings of \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003epresented at the conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume urge a close engagement with the novel. They offer readings that focus variously on the materialist, historical, and political dimensions of \u003ci\u003eUlysses. \u003c\/i\u003eThe diversity of topics covered include nineteenth-century psychology, military history, Catholic theology, the influence of early film and music hall songs on Joyce, the post-\u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eevolution of the one-day novel, and the challenge of discussing such a complex work amongst the sea of extant criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morris Beja, Anne Fogarty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081304197X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813041971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d","brand":"Morris Beja","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059811873023,"sku":"9780813041971","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8b79894-5ac7-4b26-9cbb-f82b61b28fd7.jpg?v=1685060482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloomsday-100-morris-beja-9780813041971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}