ABSTRACT

Given Ulysses’ perhaps unparalleled attention to the operations of the human mind, it is unsurprising that critics have explored the work’s psychology. Nonetheless, there has been very little research that draws on recent cognitive science to examine thought and emotion in this novel. Hogan sets out to expand our understanding of Ulysses, as well as our theoretical comprehension of narrative—and even our views of human cognition. He revises the main narratological accounts of the novel, clarifying the complex nature of narration and style. He extends his cognitive study to encompass the anti-colonial and gender concerns that are so obviously important to Joyce’s work. Finally, through a combination of broad overviews and detailed textual analyses, Hogan seeks to make this notoriously difficult book more accessible to non-specialists.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

Ulysses and the Human Mind

chapter |20 pages

Shame and Beauty

“Telemachus” and “Nestor”

chapter |20 pages

Identity and Emotion

“Proteus”

chapter |29 pages

Simulating Stories

“Calypso,” “Lotus Eaters,” and “Scylla and Charybdis”

chapter |19 pages

Narration, Style, and Simulation

“Hades,” “Aeolus,” and “Lestrygonians”

chapter |14 pages

Psychological Realism and Parallel Processing

From “Wandering Rocks” to “Sirens”

chapter |24 pages

Critical Realism and Parallel Narration

“Cyclops” and “Nausicaa”

chapter |18 pages

Style Unbound

“Oxen of the Sun”

chapter |27 pages

Metaphor, Realism, and Fantasy

“Circe”

chapter |25 pages

Narrational Duality, Loneliness, and Guilt

“Eumaeus,” “Ithaca,” and “Penelope”

chapter |14 pages

Afterword

An Outline of Theoretical Concepts and Principles