Ulysses episode "Ithaca"
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"Ithaca" is the penultimate, catechism-style episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, depicting Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus’s late-night return to Bloom’s home and their reflective, quasi-scientific dialogue.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of a novel
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episode of a novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | late night ⓘ |
| containedIn | first edition of Ulysses published by Shakespeare and Company ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bloom imagining Stephen as a surrogate son
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Bloom making cocoa for Stephen ⓘ Bloom reflecting on Molly Bloom's adultery ⓘ Bloom reflecting on his dead son Rudy ⓘ Bloom reflecting on his marriage ⓘ Bloom urinating in the garden ⓘ Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus walking to Bloom's house ⓘ Stephen declining Bloom's offer to stay the night ⓘ conversation between Bloom and Stephen ⓘ return of Leopold Bloom to his home ⓘ |
| describedAs | penultimate episode of Ulysses ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1922 ⓘ |
| follows | Ulysses episode "Eumaeus" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HomericFunction | homecoming of Odysseus ⓘ |
| HomericParallel | Ithaca in the Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStructure | series of questions and answers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Leopold Bloom
NERFINISHED
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Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
measurement and calculation
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stars ⓘ water ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | catechism-style ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | question-and-answer format ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | quasi-scientific ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | impersonal ⓘ |
| partOf | Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 17 ⓘ |
| precedes | Ulysses episode "Penelope" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | night of 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
catalogues and lists
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mathematical enumeration ⓘ mock-scholarly tone ⓘ pseudo-scientific precision ⓘ technical vocabulary ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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cosmic perspective ⓘ domestic life ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ father-son relationship ⓘ homecoming ⓘ hospitality ⓘ science and empiricism ⓘ |
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