Ulysses and the Metamorphosis of Stephen Dedalus

230 Pages·2001·34.842 MB·English

by  Margaret McBride

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Ulysses
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of Stephen Dedalus
Margaret McBride
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Contents
Acknowledgments 9
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Introduction: StephenandOvid UndertheInfluence 11
1.NotBiographybutMetafiction 29
2.TheIneluctableModality: Stephens QuestforImmortality 38
3. ComingEvents CastTheir Shadows Before: Stephens Poetics
andthe CreationofUlysses 61
4.APerfectWreath:TheNostosas theNovel’s Source 99
5. BeyondtheModalityoftheAudible:The Silent Subtextin
Stephen’s StoryAboutBloom 124
6.The Circle of“Penelope”:WeavingandUnweavingthe
Artist’sImage 172
Notes 185
Bibliography 204
Index 217