{"product_id":"time-and-identity-in-ulysses-and-the-odyssey-hardback-9780813069357","title":"Time and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey (Hardback) 9780813069357","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTime and Identity in Ulysses and the Odyssey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephanie Nelson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813069357\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.151 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA comparative study of two classic\nliterary works, from a specialist in Joyce and Homer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Identity in\n“Ulysses” and the “Odyssey”\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique in-depth comparative study of\ntwo classic literary works, examining\nessential themes such as change, the self, and humans’ dependence on and\nisolation from others. Stephanie Nelson shows that in these texts, both Joyce\nand Homer address identity by looking at the paradox of time—that people are\nconstantly changing yet remain the same across the years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Nelson’s analysis, both \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\nand the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e explore dichotomies\nsuch as the permanence of names and shifting of stories, independence and\nconnection, and linear and cyclical narrative. Nelson discusses Homer’s\ncontrast of ordinary to mythic time alongside Joyce’s contrast of “clocktime”\nto experienced time. She analyzes the characters Odysseus and Leopold Bloom,\nalienated from their previous selves; Telemachus and Stephen Dedalus, trapped\nby the past; and Penelope and Molly Bloom, able to recast time through weaving,\nstorytelling, and memory. These concepts are also explored through Joyce’s\nradically different narrative styles and Homer’s timeless world of the gods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelson’s thorough\nknowledge of ancient Greece, Joyce, narratology, oral tradition, and\ntranslation results in a volume that speaks across literary specializations. This\nbook makes the case that \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and\nthe \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003eshould be read together\nand that each work highlights and clarifies aspects of the other. As Joyce’s characters\nare portrayed as both flux and fixity, readers will see Homer’s hero fight his\nway out of myth and back into the constant changes of human existence.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559265693976,"sku":"9780813069357","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/time-and-identity-in-ulysses-and-the-odyssey-hardback-9780813069357","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}