With the passing of each year, Ulysses receives wider recognition and greater acclaim as a modern literary classic. To comprehend Joyce's masterpiece fully, to gain insight into its significance and structure, the serious reader will find this analytical and systematic guide invaluable. In this exegesis, written under Joyce's supervision, Stuart Gilbert presents a work that is at once scholarly, authoritative and stimulating.
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"Of the many efforts made to interpret Joyce's magnum opus, the best by far is that by Stuart Gilbert."
-- Chicago Sunday Tribune
"Most serious Joyce readers owe to Stuart Gilbert their first introduction to the richness and complexity of Ulysses. His monumental pioneer analysis remains an essential Baedeker."
-- Saturday Review
-- Chicago Sunday Tribune
"Most serious Joyce readers owe to Stuart Gilbert their first introduction to the richness and complexity of Ulysses. His monumental pioneer analysis remains an essential Baedeker."
-- Saturday Review
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With the passing of each year, Ulysses receives wider recognition and greater acclaim as a modern literary classic. To comprehend Joyce's masterpiece fully, to gain insight into its significance and structure, the serious reader will find this analytical and systematic guide invaluable. In this exegesis, written under Joyce's supervision, Stuart Gilbert presents a work that is at once scholarly, authoritative and stimulating.
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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
By C. N. White
Format:Mass Market Paperback
James Joyce has more books written about him and his works than possibly anyone else in the english language - barring Shakespeare. There are countless guides through the labyrinth that is Ulysses, and all do their job well, some better than others. This one, by Stuart Gilbert, was the first and is still the best. Originally written in the thirties, it remains the definitive guide to Joyce's masterpiece of modernism. Gilbert was a close friend of Joyce's, and it was written under the scrutiny and supervision of Joyce himself, making this the closest thing to a guide written by the author himself (which would probably be unintelligible in itself!). This small, helpful book guided me through one of the most difficult but most rewarding reading experiences of my life - and saw me through safely to the other side, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is taking the plunge for the first time.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Gilbert provides insight into Ulysses which it is extremely doubt the reader can get alone. He provides the overall plan of the work, the diagram of each sentence and how it coordinates with all the categories which Joyce combined in constructing his encyclopediac work. Stuart was at one point close to Joyce and has much of his information from the master himself. I do not know if there is a better guide, but this as the first is a very good one. It helped me understand at least the outline of the work and its basic structure.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Gilbert has written a classic analysis of Ulysses . This book provides both the initiate and the fanatic with a broad basis for comprehension of Joyce. It include historical documentation of the settlement of Ireland, connections of Troy and Ireland, an interesting view of Viking/ Greek parallels, aspects of occult knowledge. Failure to read this and you will not get 1/3 of the intricacy of Joyces works.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
From a Dubliner
As a Dubliner from the 1930s, much of Ulysses is easier to grasp than for someone who never set foot in Ireland. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Pearson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great aid to understanding Ulysses
Smaller print, but then it is a paperback book. Makes Ulysses understandable from a new perspective which makes it fun
Published 2 months ago by chuck291
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get your Homeric references here
Obviously essential for every Joycean. Has its share of gems. Of course it's troubling when a writer tells you what his book means, or in this instance assists another writer in... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bob R Bogle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Revealing many interesting elements of Ulysses, from spiritual...
Having read and enjoyed James Joyce's Ulysses, it is interesting to read this discussion penned by Stuart Gilbert, a close associate of Joyce. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ulfilas
4.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding guide to Joyce's Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses: A Study
This guide to Joyce's Ulysses by Stuart Gilbert is outstanding. Read more
This guide to Joyce's Ulysses by Stuart Gilbert is outstanding. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dr. M. Heese
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Worth My Time
Note: Sorry, people, I mistakenly thought I was reviewing the novel itself, not a study of the novel. Read my review anyway, as you will be interested in my opinion of the novel. Read more
Published 14 months ago by john arnold
2.0 out of 5 stars
very happy with Stuart Gilbert 's book!
This book has been very useful to understand James Joyce masterpiece, "Ulysses":the main interest of the book is a very thorough analysis of Joyce style, and detailed explanations... Read more
Published on February 5, 2010 by Paul Valls
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the actual novel
I bought this thinking it was the actual novel, not a study. Admittedly, simple ignorance that I did not read the description more thoroughly, but still I am not happy that the... Read more
Published on September 2, 2009 by J. Dunn
4.0 out of 5 stars
Service and valuable.
Quick shipping and book condition very good. This work is dated from 50's, but author had met Joyce. Read more
Published on June 28, 2009 by B
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works if given a chance
Four stars, not five, if only because I do agree somewhat that this study can be as complex as the novel itself. Read more
Published on January 15, 2007 by E. M Massanet
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