James Joyce's Odyssey: A Guide To The Dublin Of Ulysses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if a city itself could be read as a novel — its streets, pubs, and alleyways forming the very architecture of a literary masterpiece? James Joyce's Odyssey: A Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses by Frank Delaney invites readers on a rich, street-level journey through the Dublin that James Joyce immortalised in Ulysses, mapping the fictional wanderings of Leopold Bloom onto the living, breathing geography of Ireland's capital. Accompanied by the evocative photography of Jorge Lewinski, this guide chronicles each episode of Joyce's monumental novel against its real-world backdrop, transforming the city into a vivid, walkable text. Delaney, a masterful literary guide and broadcaster, presents a work that is at once a scholarly companion and an aesthetic celebration, illuminating Joyce's meticulous use of Dublin's topography with clarity and infectious enthusiasm. The interplay between Lewinski's atmospheric black-and-white photography and Delaney's lucid prose illustrates how deeply Joyce embedded his narrative in the specific textures of early twentieth-century urban life. For admirers of modernist literature, Irish cultural history, or simply the art of place, this volume raises an irresistible question: once you have walked in Bloom's footsteps, can you ever read Ulysses the same way again?
Author: Frank Delaney
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What if a city itself could be read as a novel — its streets, pubs, and alleyways forming the very architecture of a literary masterpiece? James Joyce's Odyssey: A Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses by Frank Delaney invites readers on a rich, street-level journey through the Dublin that James Joyce immortalised in Ulysses, mapping the fictional wanderings of Leopold Bloom onto the living, breathing geography of Ireland's capital. Accompanied by the evocative photography of Jorge Lewinski, this guide chronicles each episode of Joyce's monumental novel against its real-world backdrop, transforming the city into a vivid, walkable text. Delaney, a masterful literary guide and broadcaster, presents a work that is at once a scholarly companion and an aesthetic celebration, illuminating Joyce's meticulous use of Dublin's topography with clarity and infectious enthusiasm. The interplay between Lewinski's atmospheric black-and-white photography and Delaney's lucid prose illustrates how deeply Joyce embedded his narrative in the specific textures of early twentieth-century urban life. For admirers of modernist literature, Irish cultural history, or simply the art of place, this volume raises an irresistible question: once you have walked in Bloom's footsteps, can you ever read Ulysses the same way again?