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Ulysses

Joyce's 1922 modernist work, treated as elitist, musical, allusive, and self-referential.

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Literary history claim in the 2025-06-04 lecture.

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Jiang identifies James Joyce's Ulysses as an early great modernist work that imitates and tries to surpass Dante while also invoking Homer's Odyssey.

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Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"...first great modern artist is James Joyce, who in 1922 published Ulysses. James Joyce was Irish. He was an Irish expatriate, and he actually..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"...movement. The first artist is James Joyce, who in 1922 published Ulysses. James Joyce was Irish. He was an Irish expatriate, and he actually..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"...order to understand him. And there are those who argue that Ulysses is the greatest book in the world. In fact, if you go..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"...order to understand him. And there are those who argue that Ulysses is the greatest book in the world. In fact, if you go..."

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