Hugh Boylan

E468438

character in a novel fictional character literary character

Hugh Boylan, better known as Blazes Boylan, is a charismatic and flirtatious advertising agent in James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses," notable for his affair with Molly Bloom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hugh Boylan canonical	1
Hugh ‘Blazes’ Boylan	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in a novel ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Leopold Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	charismatic ⓘ flirtatious ⓘ
creator	James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Ulysses (James Joyce) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	modernist literature ⓘ
hasAffairWith	Molly Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlias	Blazes Boylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Modernism ⓘ
literaryRole	foil to Leopold Bloom ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
mentionedIn	Lestrygonians episode of Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope episode of Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirens episode of Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction	catalyst of Leopold Bloom’s jealousy ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
occupation	advertising agent ⓘ
residence	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
romanticRelationship	Molly Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	16 June 1904 ⓘ
workPublicationYear	1922 ⓘ

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Blazes Boylan → alsoKnownAs → Hugh Boylan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hugh ‘Blazes’ Boylan