The New Bloomsday Book (Routledge International Studies in)

The New Bloomsday Book (Routledge International Studies in)

<P>Since 1966 readers new to James Joyce have depended upon this essential guide to <EM>Ulysses</EM>. Harry Blamires helps readers to negotiate their way through this formidable, remarkable novel and gain an understanding of it which, without help, it might have taken several readings to achieve.</P> <P><EM>The New Bloomsday Book</EM> is a crystal clear, page-by-page, line-by-line running commentary on the plot of <EM>Ulysses</EM> which illuminates symbolic themes and structures along the way. It is a highly accessible, indispensible guide for anyone reading Joyce's masterpiece for the first time.</P> <P>To ensure that Blamires' classic work will remain useful to new readers, this third edition contains the page numbering and references to three commonly read editions of <EM>Ulysses</EM>: the Oxford University Press 'World Classics' (1993), the Penguin 'Twentieth-Century Classics' (1992), and the Gabler 'Corrected Text' (1986) editions.</P>