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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/ulysses-shared-reading/
SUMMARY:: Ulysses: Shared reading
DESCRIPTION:Often seen as dauntingly academic\, James Joyce’s Ulysses i
 s by contrast a book of life.\n\nPublished in 1922\, Ulysses is one of t
 he most revered of novels\; “the book to which we are all indebted” ac
 cording to TS Eliot. It is Joyce’s reconstruction of Dublin\, through me
 mory\, which has become a national Irish epic. Set over the course of a si
 ngle day — 16 June 1904 — the day of Joyce’s first date with Nora Ba
 rnacle\, Ulysses is a tribute to his lifelong partner.\n\nStructured to 
 mirror the episodes of Homer’s Odyssey\, the novel contains all of life
 \, from the quotidian (daily) to the sublime. Catholicism\, bar room song\
 , toilet habits\, philosophy\, horse racing\, infidelity\, advertising slo
 gans\, gossip\, sex and death all appear between its covers. Some said it 
 was ‘not fit to read’. “If that is so”\, said Joyce\, “life’s 
 not fit to live”.\n\nUlysses gives readers three major characters and 
 — with its Modernist style — access to their inner worlds. In Stephen 
 and Bloom Joyce gives us youth and experience\, intellect and practicality
  in attempt to marry those opposites. And yes\, Molly gives us the second
  most famous soliloquy in literature.\n\nYou are invited to read the novel
 \, chapter by chapter\, whether it be your first time or a re-reading. Led
  by Ulysses enthusiast Jim Stanton\, readers will discuss each chapter a
 s a group\, in a comfortable setting. Together you will build a democratic
  understanding of a democratic novel\, in the knowledge that the more you 
 each put into your understanding\, research and openness to the language\,
  the more you’ll gain collectively. Though each may read in isolation\, 
 the group will gain from a collaborative reading of Joyce’s unsurpassabl
 e novel.\n\nThe group will meet monthly on the fourth Monday of the month\
 , through until Oct 2026. New paperback copies of Ulysses can be bought 
 on Amazon for £3.99.\n\nBook Now Free. You are booking the first of tw
 elve monthly meetings
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CATEGORIES:Events,Literature & Poetry
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