{"product_id":"time-and-identity-in-ulysses-and-the-odyssey-hardcover","title":"Time and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comparative study of two classic\u003cbr\u003eliterary works, from a specialist in Joyce and Homer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Identity in\u003cbr\u003e\"Ulysses\" and the \"Odyssey\"\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique in-depth comparative study of\u003cbr\u003etwo classic literary works, examining\u003cbr\u003eessential themes such as change, the self, and humans' dependence on and\u003cbr\u003eisolation from others. Stephanie Nelson shows that in these texts, both Joyce\u003cbr\u003eand Homer address identity by looking at the paradox of time--that people are\u003cbr\u003econstantly changing yet remain the same across the years.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Nelson's analysis, both \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e explore dichotomies\u003cbr\u003eincluding the permanence of names and shifting of stories, independence and\u003cbr\u003econnection, and linear and cyclical narrative. Nelson discusses Homer's\u003cbr\u003econtrast of ordinary to mythic time alongside Joyce's contrast of \"clocktime\"\u003cbr\u003eto experienced time. She analyzes the characters Odysseus and Leopold Bloom, \u003cbr\u003ealienated from their previous selves; Telemachus and Stephen Dedalus, trapped\u003cbr\u003eby the past; and Penelope and Molly Bloom, able to recast time through weaving, \u003cbr\u003estorytelling, and memory. These concepts are also explored through Joyce's\u003cbr\u003eradically different narrative styles and Homer's timeless world of the gods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNelson's thorough\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of ancient Greece, Joyce, narratology, oral tradition, and\u003cbr\u003etranslation results in a volume that speaks across literary specializations. This\u003cbr\u003ebook makes the case that \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cbr\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003eshould be read together\u003cbr\u003eand that each work highlights and clarifies aspects of the other. As Joyce's characters\u003cbr\u003eare portrayed as both flux and fixity, readers will see Homer's hero fight his\u003cbr\u003eway out of myth and back into the constant changes of human existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA volume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited by\u003cbr\u003eSebastian D. G. Knowles\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42140200042631,"sku":"9780813069357","price":137.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cd76cf101ef89d22186b7b29b1bfbba3.webp?v=1732786273","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/time-and-identity-in-ulysses-and-the-odyssey-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}