Joyce's Ulysses As National Epic Epic Mimesis and the Political History of the Nation State |
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| Author:
| Ungar, Andras |
| Series title: | Florida James Joyce Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-2445-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume argues that Joyce's ""Ulysses"" is the Irish national epic - a new international epic written at the moment a new nation, the Irish Free State, was being founded, and one that evades the potential constraints of the epic tradition.
This volume argues that Joyce's ""Ulysses"" is the Irish national epic - a new international epic written at the moment a new nation, the Irish Free State, was being founded, and one that evades the potential constraints of the epic tradition.