The Economy of Ulysses: Making Both Ends MeetSyracuse University Press, 1995 - 472 pages This original and wide-ranging study explores the "economies" of Ulysses using a number of different critical and theoretical methods. Not only do the economic circumstances of the characters Some of the subjects and topics covered include Joyce's own "spendthrift" background, gift exchanges and reciprocity as a fundamental means of reader/author relationship in the novel, money and language, Bloom as an "economic man," the "narrative economy" of "Wandering Rocks," the relationship between commerce and eroticism, the function of sacrifice in the creation of value, counterfeiting, forgery, and other crimes of writing, and a demonstration of how the |
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... balance between contrasting qualities . Bloom's sense of balance is exemplified in the mercantile desire to equalize debits and credits . But his first balancing act is a physical one : " righting [ Molly's ] breakfast things on the ...
... balance , as his subsequent reflections pass from envy to jealousy to abnegation to equanimity . Abnegation derives in part from his awareness that Boylan's presence is necessary for the “ immi- nent provincial musical tour , common ...
... balance , that balance is no more final than the financial balance of Bloom's budget . Its stasis invokes infinite motion , its closure another opening , its accumulation a form of expenditure , its economy an excess . While giving ...
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Miser and Spendthrift | 1 |
Dedalus Dispossessed | 35 |
Economic Man | 70 |
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