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James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Multivocal Dublin

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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies

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Dublin; Joyce; Newspaper; Peripheries; Transport; Urban planning

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Ulysses depicts Dublin at a moment of transformation, as the Catholic middle class inherits it from the Protestant Ascendancy. The depiction is shaped also by Joyce’s experiences on continental Europe, especially Trieste and Zurich. The “Aeolus” episode exemplifies how multiple competing discourses (such as newspapers, stream-of-consciousness, and communications technologies) shape the city’s meaning. “Wandering Rocks” recreates tensions between political power and subjective experience in our understanding of city space and demonstrates that the city’s meaning is constructed through multiple lenses. In doing so, the episode recreates the tension between top-down perspectives on the city and subject-centered, street-level views, which have dominated modern interpretations of the city. While the depiction of Dublin in Ulyssesis often topographically detailed, it also reflects upon its history and...

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  1. English, Governors State University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Liam Lanigan

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Lanigan, L. (2021). James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Multivocal Dublin. In: Tambling, J. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62592-8_155-1

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