Ulysses: Initially Burned by New York Postal Authorities! (Timeless Classic Books)

James Joyce's novel is set in Dublin, Ireland on June 16th 1904. Ulysses has been the subject of controversy since copies of the first English edition were burned by the New York Post Office authorities. Joyce's Ulysses is a Jew of Hungarian origin, Leopold Bloom, who lives in Dublin. His adventure consists of getting breakfast, feeding his cat, going to a funeral, doing legwork for his job, visiting pubs or restaurants, and thinking about his unfaithful wife. His activities parallel in some way the adventures of Homer's Ulysses. An example is Bloom's attendance at a funeral in a chapter entitled "Hades." This chapter parallels an episode in The Odyssey in which Ulysses visits Hades, the land of the dead (or Underworld) in Greek mythology. Ulysses is an experimental novel in the modernist tradition. It uses parody in its imitation of The Odyssey. It also uses satire and burlesque in ridiculing religion, culture, literary movements, other writers and their styles, and many other people, places, things, and ideas.