Reading James Joyce's Ulysses

Unterberg Poetry Center Writing Program

92nd Street Y, New York City (online via Zoom)

February-April 2021 — Sundays 2:00-4:00


my e-mail: mgroden@uwo.camy Web site: https://michaelgroden.com/

course Web site: https://michaelgroden.com/92Y/

Texts:

James Joyce. Ulysses: The Gabler Edition. Edited by Hans Walter Gabler. Vintage, 1986, 1993. ISBN 0-394-74312-1

(optional) Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman. Ulysses Annotated. University of California Press, 1988. ISBN 0-520-06745-2

(optional) Harry Blamires. The New Bloomsday Book. 3rd ed. Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-00704-6


Schedule:

February 28 - Introduction + Episodes 1-3
“Telemachus,” pp. 3-19
“Nestor,” pp. 20-30
“Proteus,” pp. 31-42

March 7
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Episodes 4-8
“Calypso,” pp. 45-57

“Lotus Eaters,” pp. 58-71
“Hades,” pp. 72-95
“Aeolus,” pp. 96-123
“Lestrygonians,” pp. 124-150

March 14 - Episodes 9-13
“Scylla and Charybdis,” pp. 151-179)

“Wandering Rocks,” pp. 180-209
"Sirens," pp. 210-239
“Cyclops,” pp. 240-283
“Nausicaa,” pp. 284-313; 15

March 21 - Episodes 14-15
“Oxen of the Sun,”  pp. 314-349
“Circe,” pp. 350-497

March 28: no class

April 4 - Episodes 16-17
“Eumaeus,” pp. 501-543
 “Ithaca,” pp. 544-607

April 11 - Episode 18
 “Penelope,” pp. 608-644


Notes:

I've prepared online notes on Ulysses, available here.
Matt Huculak's excellent list of online resources for Ulysses is available here.

An unabridged reading of Ulysses, done by RTÉ (Radio Telefís Éireann; Irish radio)
is available free of charge at archive.org or youtube (
link goes
to episode 1, see list at the right for subsequent episodes)