Celebrating Bloomsday | Literature | Showcase

For James Joyce fans across the world, June 16th is Bloomsday - the day one of the most difficult and most revered novels is celebrated grand style. Ulysses was written by the early modernist and published in 1922. And although the book was deemed 'very controversial' at the time, it later became one of the masterpieces of 20th-century literature. And almost one hundred years on, 'Ulysses' is honoured each year with Bloomsday celebrations.
To talk more about this day and its originator, Showcase is joined by Andrew Gibson. He is a professor of Modern Literature and Theory and is the author of Joyce's Revenge, a book which takes a look at the history, politics and aesthetics in Joyce's Ulysses.
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[@petermccarthy4525]

I suspect that the encyclopaedic nature of the novel has to be one of the main attractions. It can jump from toilet humour to Greek philosophy, or sex to geographical explorations, seamlessly. This had never been done, and that the action of a massive novel, takes place over one day (and early hours of the following day) makes it extraordinary.

[@bradlap9046]

Leopold bloom*

[@johnmccann8319]

Beautiful presenter.Have you read the book beautiful presenter?If not,do so and you will be blessed.