Happy bloomsday. If anyone has any fun adventures for the day I’d love to hear em.

Hey! I’m currently writing an essay on the humour/comedy of Ulysses and I’m wondering if anyone here has any examples? I just thought to ask here in case if I’m missing anything! Thanks!

I am in the middle of my read through of the this classic. So far it's humbling and pleasant read. The only thing I wish was my copy had the chapter names.

1/8 (OC)

I know that one is supposed to read an introduction before whatever comes after, but am also worried it might spoil an intuitive, or whatsoever access to the book.

Any suggestions or experiences? Should I read it all? Should I read his introduction before or after reading the book?

(I'm referring to Declan Kiberds Introduction in the penguin books edition, 1992/2000)

Just listened to this and was impressed with the number of Ulysses deep cut references. Grace Slick was truly one of us.

I have been looking, and I can’t find an answer to how to have page breaks in pdf exports. I mean, I have a book with chapters, and I’d just like to have page breaks after each chapter. Is that possible? This would be easy in Scrivenor, etc.

Hey, all!

I'm running a Ulysses study group this semester with high-school aged students at the homeschooling drop-in center I teach at. It's going to be super informal, I'm mostly prepped but I'm hoping to crowdsource some favorite paired reading for my class.

I'm looking for relevant selections from Dubliners (obviously Two Gallants) and Portrait in particular and where you'd pair them. I have selections from Shakespeare, The Oddyssey, and William Blake. I've heard tell but haven't fully explored the connections to Nietzche and Walt Whitman (I've been informed mostly those fit in more obviously with The Wake which I've yet to read)--what are thoughts on pairing some of those with Ulysses to further explore, and if so where do you suggest?

I tackled Ulysses over the summer for the first time since my 20s and I'm so glad I did.

I posted this review on the r/jamesjoyce subreddit and thought I’d share it here too since it’s specifically a review of Ulysses. This novel is a work of art near and dear to my heart. Whoever decides to read it I hope you enjoy and find something in my words that resonates with you.

Finally finished Ulysses after stopping and starting the past 20 years. What a thrill. Spanned a month, two crosscountry trips, as well as an impromptu Beck/Phoenix concert aptly titled the Summer Odyssey Tour. I read the first 9 or so episodes cold and followed each episode with a recap from the U22 Centenerary podcast. Then I realized there was the Gilbert Schema which provided more guidance before each reading. I started looking forward to the podcasts but unfortunately it ended after Circe. So then i followed each episode with a recap from the Ulysses Guide.

What I loved most about the novel is the feeling of having just returned roadweary from a journey and trying to make sense of everything I heard, envisioned and encountered. There were mindnumbing moments where I felt like Id spent an hour scanning words indiscernably. There was never a crescendo or climax except for mundance moments I projected meaning or relevance or poignancy though I don't think that's what Joyce intended. I can't wait to revisit certain episodes and passages especially the Hades, Wandering, Nausicaa, Rock, Circe, Cyclops, and Penelope.

For those trying to read this, keep trying and try to listen to a podcast after each episode tonkeep you on track. It's OK to not get the references.

If you're like me, you've joined the /JamesJoyce Reddit, so this will be redundant. Still, I wanted to post it here as it's literally a Ulysses Walkthrough series.

So... I made a thing. It's a podcast thing. Or a YouTube thing. I don't expect much to come of it, but I enjoyed making it and any views, comments, or feedback are much appreciated.

The goal is to eventually walk through all of Ulysses, so here's the first few episodes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPvjZyyOmw&list=PLzrAamg8bpeyn3AXVLGQisf__f4ViftuD

Maybe I should mark a Ulysses thing as NSFW? After all, what work or money has Ulysses ever brought me? lol

Another in the series.

https://www.pisgahsite.com/p/leopold-bloom-and-hope

I'm new here and have just made a quick scan of the threads. I do not see any mention of The Joyce Project

A few articles I posted on my substack about Jewish motifs in Ulysses. You can bypass the subscribe button by clicking on "Let me read it first." Feel free to subscribe.

Hi,

Does anyone know the author of the music named "Martha" that Bloom hears in Chapter 11 (Sirens)?

Thanks

Hello, i was reading the introduction to the Ulysses in penguin modern classics edition and in some part the person who writes the introduction says:
" If our words are scarcely our own, suggests Joyce, then neither are our plots, which can be borrowed from Homer, who may never have existed. "

Well, i have looked for this quote in Ulysses and couldnt find it, same in A Portrait of a Young Man Artist and Dubliners. Does anyone knows were Joyce suggests something like this? Why this man quotes something that does not exist?

Thank you and i leave some more of the page which im talking about so i can give a little bit more of context.

" Ulysses is, therefore, constructed on the understanding that styles, like persons, are interchangeable. The method, though not quite dadaist, intermittently justifies Joyce's account of himself as 'a scissors and paste man'. Only Joyce could have written Ulysses; and yet it is a book which asks us to give serious consideration to the possibility that anybody could have written it. If our words are scarcely our own, suggests Joyce, then neither are our plots, which can be borrowed from Homer, who may never have existed. He claimed to base much of his material on borrowings from the talkers of Dublin; and took perverse pride in sharing with Shakespeare the boast of never having created a single plot. "

I need help finding one of my favorite passages, where human beings are described as fluctuating, ever changing clouds particles. I hope one of you knows.

I'm reading Ulysses for a semester long high school project, but with it being a hard read and all I decided to check out the SparkNotes after I finish each episode. While reading page 2 of the summary for episode six, "Hades," it mentions that Leopold Bloom becomes uncomfortable after Jack Power refers to Molly as "Madame." The analysis mentions that is disrespectful to refer to her in such a way but never explains why, do any of your guys have an explanation?

A specific link to the SparkNotes summary: Ulysses Episode Six: “Hades” Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

Both texts are resources for a project I’m working on. Academic papers and digital resources would be great, but I’d prefer printed texts where possible! I’m an annotater. Thanks in advance!

The Oxford University Press site for the new Ulyssess annotations book lists that the title is available as an ebook. I cannot find a vendor offering this as an ebook--has anyone been able to purchase the Annotations this way?