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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... expression : the more frequently one expresses love , the less value each expression has , and the cheaper that love seems to become . Joyce's reserve demonstrates his recogni- tion of the power that words of love could exert , a power ...
... encounters , his modes of expression , and extends even to his most far - ranging philosophical meditations . Bloom's activities , indeed , exemplify the classic definition of economics : " the study of mankind Economic Man 71.
... expression to the eyes , so becoming in leaders of fashion " ( 13.109-12 ) . “ That tired feeling " and “ that haunting expression " : just as Gerty's self- image imitates a commodified femininity , so even her physical com- plaints ...
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Miser and Spendthrift | 1 |
Dedalus Dispossessed | 35 |
Economic Man | 70 |
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