num_pages: 253
description: Since 1966 readers new to James Joyce have depended upon this essential guide to Ulysses. 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 take several readings to achieve. The New Bloomsday Book is a crystal clear, page-by-page, line-by-line running commentary on the plot of Ulysses 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.
language: English
title: The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
titlecomplete: The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
genres: 20th Century, Literary Criticism, Classics, Ireland, Reference, Criticism, Irish Literature, Nonfiction, Literature, Books About Books
ratings_count: 1412
publisher: Routledge