Not Ulysses Annotated | Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses

excellent... | Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses | Don Gifford

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	• Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses Don Gifford University of California Press, 2008 - 694 pages average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book.... misleading title

This is certainly an excellent book, but it is not the annotated Ulysses that you expect from the Pengiun or Oxford editions. That is, the actual text of Ulysses is not in this book, only lengthy and fascinating information about Ulysses itself. So, I would recommend it, only the title is deliberately misleading. I thought I was getting an annotated version of Ulysses, not a book on annotations about another book called Ulysses.

Not Ulysses Annotated

Despite the title, this is NOT Ulysses annotated as it does not contain the text with annotations...merely the annotations themselves. And if your copy of Ulysses does not contain the line numbers to which this is keyed, it is fairly useless.

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excellent...

having read ulysses ages ago, after having read this book, i did not know how much i missed. great book.

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Perfect Companion

This is the perfect addition to any reading of Joyce's Ulysses. It's nice for academic work because it points you in more directions than you can possibly imagine & it works well for casual readers who just want to know more about what they're missing. Joyce was meticulous about detail and Gifford has done an incredible job of laying it all out without being too overwhelming.

The information says that its keyed to whatever editions of Ulysses but I'd also like to note that I used the Gabler text (best!!) and they were in wonderful harmony.

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Must-have for Ulysses

Yes, this does not include the text of Ulysses as others noted. But if you know anything about reading Joyce, you are aware that Gifford's annotated text is widely considered the bible for understanding Ulysses. Beware - its as long as the actual novel so I don't recommend reading it word for word. But as a reference tool, it is par excellence.

Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of Ulysses. The suggestive potential of minor details was enormously fascinating to Joyce, and the precision of his use of detail is a most important aspect of his literary method. The annotations in this volume illuminate details which are not in the public realm for most of us.
The annotations gloss place names, define slang terms, give capsule histories of institutions and political and cultural movements and figures, supply bits of local and Irish legend and lore, explain religious nomenclature and practices, trace literary allusions and references to other cultures. Annotations are keyed not only to the reading text of the critical edition of Ulysses, but to the standard 1961 Random House edition, and the current Modern Library and Vintage texts.

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