The Odyssey

  • Ulysses & The Odyssey: Proteus

    This episode contains practically no action. Nothing happens…. – Stuart Gilbert, on“Proteus” Part of an occasional series on the Homeric parallels in James Joyce’s Ulysses. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. The Odyssey: Book 4 Telemachus and co. find their way to the home of Menelaus, the…

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  • Ulysses & The Odyssey: Nestor

       Mulligan will dub me a new name: the bullockbefriending bard. Part of an occasional series on the Homeric parallels in James Joyce’s Ulysses. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. The Odyssey, Book 3: Telemachus and Mentor (Athena in disguise) find themselves in Pylos to meet Nestor,…

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  • Ep. 2 – Ulysses & The Odyssey: Telemachus!

    Dermot and Kelly discuss the connections between Ulysses and The Odyssey. We take on the Gilbert schema, how to market a book like Ulysses, what exactly happens in the opening chapters of The Odyssey, and how it corresponds to the “Telemachus” episode of Ulysses. On the Blog: Ulysses & The Odyssey: Telemachus Social Media: Facebook|Twitter…

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  • Ulysses & The Odyssey: Telemachus

    I am now writing a book based on the wanderings of Ulysses. ‘The Odyssey,’ that is to say, serves me as a ground plan. Only my time is recent and all my hero’s wanderings take no more than 18 hours. – James Joyce, 1918 For a discussion of this topic, check out our podcast episode…

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