Epic Geography: James Joyce's Ulysses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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Few novels have mapped the human condition with the spatial and mythological ambition of James Joyce's Ulysses, and Michael Seidel's Epic Geography offers a scholarly yet captivating guide to that very terrain. Seidel argues that the geography of Joyce's masterwork — the streets, waterways, and cityscape of Dublin — is not mere backdrop but a living, breathing architecture that mirrors the epic sweep of Homer's Odyssey, binding Leopold Bloom's single-day odyssey to a tradition spanning millennia. With maps drawn by Thomas Crawford providing vivid cartographic accompaniment, the book charts the precise spatial logic underpinning Joyce's labyrinthine narrative, revealing how every wandering step through Dublin carries the weight of classical myth. Seidel writes with the precision of a geographer and the insight of a literary critic, illuminating the deep structural correspondences between place, character, and epic tradition that underpin Ulysses. His analysis presents Joyce not merely as a modernist innovator but as a meticulous architect of symbolic space, constructing a city that is simultaneously real and mythological. Published by Princeton University Press, this work stands as an indispensable reference for scholars and devoted readers alike — and for anyone who has ever wondered what it truly means to wander.
Author: Michael Seidel
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few novels have mapped the human condition with the spatial and mythological ambition of James Joyce's Ulysses, and Michael Seidel's Epic Geography offers a scholarly yet captivating guide to that very terrain. Seidel argues that the geography of Joyce's masterwork — the streets, waterways, and cityscape of Dublin — is not mere backdrop but a living, breathing architecture that mirrors the epic sweep of Homer's Odyssey, binding Leopold Bloom's single-day odyssey to a tradition spanning millennia. With maps drawn by Thomas Crawford providing vivid cartographic accompaniment, the book charts the precise spatial logic underpinning Joyce's labyrinthine narrative, revealing how every wandering step through Dublin carries the weight of classical myth. Seidel writes with the precision of a geographer and the insight of a literary critic, illuminating the deep structural correspondences between place, character, and epic tradition that underpin Ulysses. His analysis presents Joyce not merely as a modernist innovator but as a meticulous architect of symbolic space, constructing a city that is simultaneously real and mythological. Published by Princeton University Press, this work stands as an indispensable reference for scholars and devoted readers alike — and for anyone who has ever wondered what it truly means to wander.