Fathers and Sons in Ulysses

by Peter J. Leithart

Joyce rings the changes on father-son relations throughout Ulysses. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2015

Ulysses and the God of Irony

by Kelsey Burritt

Allow me to summarize the plot of a 644-page Modernist masterpiece, James Joyce’s Ulysses: Two guys meet one day. The day in question is June 16, 1904 (Happy 111st anniversary!). The guys in question are Stephen Dedalus, twenty-two, poet; and Leopold Bloom, thirty-eight, ad canvasser. Stephen . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2015

More Than Anxiety

by Peter J. Leithart

James Joyce carried on a lifetime's battle with Shakespeare. Is this anything more than the anxiety of influence? Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2015

Joyce's Sexual Revolution

by Peter J. Leithart

Sex and religion in Ulysses. Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2015