Bloomsday: James Joyces Ulysses Celebrated as Theatrical Event

Among Rhododendrons: People And Objects in James Joyceâ•Žs Ulysses

The Play of Musement in James Joyce's "ulysses" (ireland)

summary) The eighteen episodes of Ulysses, each written in a different style, constitute a radical, new approach to matters pertaining to fiction, language, and understanding, as Hugh Kenner has suggested in Joyce's Voices. Previous studies of the styles of Ulysses have been hampered by some of the very presuppositions which are overturned by the novel itself. These presuppositions concern conc...

The Ineluctable Modality of the Audible: Exploring the sound worlds of James Joyce’s Ulysses

James Joyce’s Ulysses takes us into the world of Leopold Bloom; we see through his eyes, hear through his ears and think through his thoughts. We develop an intimate relationship with the interior and exterior world of the man. Through the work Joyce puts the question “Where do we live?” and answers it through making concrete the interdependence of our experiences, inner and outer, which provid...

William James as American Plato ?

Alfred North Whitehead wrote a letter to Charles Hartshorne in 1936 in which he referred to William James as the American Plato. Especially given Whitehead’s admiration of Plato, this was a high compliment to James. What was the basis for this compliment and analogy? In responding to that question beyond the partial and scattered references provided by Whitehead, this article briefly explores t...

Acupuncture is theatrical placebo.

P ain is a big problem. If you read about pain management centers, you might think it had been solved. It has not. And when no effective treatment exists for a medical problem, it leads to a tendency to clutch at straws. Research has shown that acupuncture is little more than such a straw. Although it is commonly claimed that acupuncture has been around for thousands of years, it has not always...