Summing up the main details of James Joyce's Ulysses and the significance of Bloomsday
Based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, James Joyce’s Ulysses is set in Dublin and as David Norris explains, deals with,
The interconnected wanderings of two men.
The dietary habits of one of those men, is presented to the reader early in the novel,
Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beats and fowls.
A great self-publicist, according to Dr John Nash, James Joyce was in constant pursuit of critical attention,
Even bad reviews were good publicity for him.
June 16 1904 was when James Joyce and Nora Barnacle went out on their first date, clearly a significant date for the writer.
Amanda Large, public relations officer for the James Joyce Centre and Bloomsday Festival,says that
He wanted this day remembered forever.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 15 June 1999.
