Philosophical Discourse in James Joyce's Ulysses

In May 1996, as part of my final exams at university, I finished my thesis with a research paper entitled Philosophical Discourse in James Joyce's Ulysses. Exemplary analysis of selected chapters. In this paper I analysed the function and the role of philosophical talk and thoughts in Joyce's novel. The essay stresses the fact that in 'Ulysses' philosophical and literary discourses are interwoven.

First I set up a fairly comprehensive index of those philosophers who play a role in 'Ulysses' or who have been assigned such a role by commentators. This index is available online together with a selected bibliography which you can find below. I enjoy discussing these issues and invite your opinion, commentary or questions. [e-mail me!]

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Bibliography

Primary source

Joyce, James: Ulysses, ed. Hans Walter Gabler. London: Bodley Head 1993 [1st edition 1986].

Secondary literature and philosophical sources:

Adams, R. M.: "Hades", in: Clive Hart und David Hayman (Hg.), James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. Critical Essays. Berkeley 1974, p. 91-114.

Anghinetti, Paul: "Berkeley's Influence on Joyce", in: James Joyce Quarterly 19 (1981/82), p. 315-329.

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Berkeley, George: Philosophical Works, ed. M. R. Ayers. London 1992 [1st edition 1980].

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Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna: The Key to Theosophy. London, New York 1889.

Bowen, Zack: "Ulysses", in: Zack Bowen und James F. Carens (Hg.), A Companion to Joyce Studies. Westport (Conn.) 1994, p. 421-557.

Broch, Hermann: "James Joyce und die Gegenwart. Rede zu Joyces 50. Geburtstag", in: Schriften zur Literatur, Bd. 1: Kritik. Frankfurt 1975, p. 63-94.

Budgen, Frank: James Joyce and the Making of 'Ulysses'. Oxford 1972 [first published London 1934].

Burgess, Anthony: Joyce für Jedermann. Übersetzt von Friedhelm Rathjen, Frankfurt 1994 [first published in English: London 1965].

Butler, Christopher: "Joyce, modernism and post-modernism", in: Derek Attridge (ed.), The Cambridge ompanion to James Joyce. Cambridge 1990, p. 259-282.

Cappio, James: "Aristotle, Berkeley and Proteus: Joyce's Use of Philosophy", in: Philosophy and Literature 5 (1981), p. 21-32.

Dijk, Teun A.van: Handbook of Discourse Analysis. London 1985.

Duncan, Joseph E.: "The Modality of the Audible in James Joyce's Ulysses", in: Publications of the Modern Language Association 72 (1957), p. 286-295.

Easthope, Anthony: Poetry as Discourse. London 1983.

Eberl, Ulrich: James Joyce's 'Ulysses': Leitbild und Sonderfall der Moderne. Regensburg 1989.

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Erzgräber, Willi: "Spaziergang am Strand: Zur Proteus-Episode in James Joyces Ulysses", in: Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 23 (1982), p. 151-171.

Foerster, Heinz von: "Wahrnehmung", in: Ars Electronica (Hg.), Philosophien der neuen Technologien. Berlin 1989, p. 27-40.

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Hayman, David: Ulysses: The Mechanics of Meaning. Madison (Wisconsin) 1982.

Jenkins, Ralph: "Theosophy in 'Scylla and Charybdis'", in: Modern Fiction Studies 15 (1969), p. 35-48.

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Killham, John: "'Ineluctable Modality' in Joyce's Ulysses", in: University of Toronto Quarterly 34 (1964/65), p. 269-289.

Kimball, Jean: "'Brainsick Words of Sophists': Socrates, Antisthenes and Stephen Dedalus", in: James Joyce Quarterly 16 (1979), p. 399-405.

Law, J. D.: "Simulation, Pluralism and the Politics of Everyday Life", in: Morris Beja und Shari Benstock (Hg.), Coping with Joyce. Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium. Columbus (Ohio) 1989, p. 195-205.

Lawrence, Karen: The Odyssey of Style in 'Ulysses'. Princeton 1981.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim: "Laokoon", in: Werke, hg. Herbert G. Göpfert. Bd. 6. München 1974, p. 7-187.

Levine, Jennifer: "Ulysses", in: Derek Attridge (Hg.), The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge 1990, p. 131-159.

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Litz, A. Walton: "Ithaca", in: Clive Hart und David Hayman (ed.), James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. Critical Essays. Berkeley (CA) 1974, p. 385-405.

Lobsien, Eckhard: Der Alltag des Ulysses. Die Vermittlung von ästhetischer und lebensweltlicher Erfahrung. Stuttgart 1978.

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MacAleer, Edward C.: "The Ignorance of Mr. Bloom", in: Studies in Honor of John C. Hodges and Alwin Thaler. Knoxville (Tenn.) 1961 (Tennessee Studies in Literature special number), p. 121-129.

McGee, Patrick: "Joyce's Pedagogy: Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake as Theory", in: Morris Beja und Shari Benstock (ed.), Coping with Joyce. Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium. Columbus (Ohio) 1989, p. 206-219.

Mercier, Vivian: "John Eglington as Socrates: A Study of 'Scylla and Charybdis'", in: Suheil Badi Bushrui und Bernard Benstock (ed.), James Joyce: An International Perspective. Gerrards Cross 1982, p. 65-81.

Meyer-Drawe, Käte: "Und noch einmal: 'Ob Computer denken können?'", in: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 41 (1993), p. 681-691.

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Winkler, Norbert: "Von der Physiognomie des Weltlabyrinths oder: Das Projekt einer unendlichen Enzyklopädie. Reflexionen zur Signaturenlehre bei Paracelsus". In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 44 (1996), p. 57-74.

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