Joyce's 1922 modernist work, treated as elitist, musical, allusive, and self-referential.
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Ulysses
Joyce's 1922 modernist work, treated as elitist, musical, allusive, and self-referential.
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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.
Jiang treats Joyce's Ulysses as a founding modernist work that imitates and tries to surpass Dante while turning literature toward style, music, allusion, and elite interpretation.
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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..."
"...movement. The first artist is James Joyce, who in 1922 published Ulysses. James Joyce was Irish. He was an Irish expatriate, and he actually..."
"...So let's look at the differences. Modern literature, as represented by Ulysses, it is elitist."
"...order to understand him. And there are those who argue that Ulysses is the greatest book in the world. In fact, if you go..."
"...order to understand him. And there are those who argue that Ulysses is the greatest book in the world. In fact, if you go..."
"Okay? Ulysses is either number one or number two on this list of 50 best books in human history. And there are many who..."
"So let's look at the differences. Modern literature, as represented by Ulysses, it is elitist. It's self -referential. Okay? It just has a lot..."
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