The real people of Joyce's Ulysses
Subtitle: a biographical guide
By: Vivien Igoe
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Belfield, Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781910820063
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Characters; Characters and characteristics; Ulysses (Joyce, James)
Description: "It is well known that the pages of Joyce's Ulysses are filled with hundreds of intriguing and quirky characters. What is less well known is that many of these characters were based on real people who inhabited Joyce's Dublin and elsewhere. Dubliner and Joycean scholar Vivien Igoe leaves no stone uncovered in revealing the biographies of scores of people that had previously been deemed to be fictional, and who had been accorded little attention as a result. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a comprehensive A to Z of these real people with detailed information about where they lived, died and are buried; worked, intermingled and found inspiration. A number of characters appear under their own name and were celebrated Dublin personalities in different fields at the turn of the century, others were ordinary Dubliners. Numerous intriguing points of human interconnection also emerge, such as neighbours or street acquaintances of Joyce, or the many friends, enemies and contemporaries of his father."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-366) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Author's note; title: Guide to entries; title: Character entries; title: Appendices. I. Note on biographical entries; title: II. Horses in Ulysses; title: III. Cemeteries.