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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... voice here is less " his " than a composite of voices gathered from his cultural inheritance . Like his characters , Joyce cannot avoid debtorship ( nor does he want to ) ; like them , he must " raise the wind " and borrow words . But ...
... voice and collector of debts , then , are as problematic as Odysseus ' crafty subversions of ritualized gift exchange and name giving . Like Odysseus , Nameless attacks his own authority even as he voices it , inadvertently revealing ...
... voice be . With this in mind Bloom begins to make " Utopian plans , " includ- ing " prize titbits , up to date billing , concert tours in English watering resorts packed with hydros and seaside theatres , turning money away . " Assuming ...
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Miser and Spendthrift | 1 |
Dedalus Dispossessed | 35 |
Economic Man | 70 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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