Ulysses by Numbers (Paperback)

Eric Jon Bulson

ISBN 10: 0231186053 / ISBN 13: 9780231186056

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 2020

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Paperback. Ulysses has been read obsessively for a century. What if instead of focusing on the words to understand the structure, design, and history of Joyce's masterpiece, we pay attention to the numbers?Taking a computational approach, Ulysses by Numbers lets us see the novel's basic building blocks in a significantly new light-words, paragraphs, pages, and characters, as well as the original print run and the dates marking the beginning and end of its composition. Numbers provide access into Joyce's creative process, enhanced by graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, and they also give us a startling new perspective on the proportions that continue to structure, organize, and pace the reading experience. Numbers are there to help us navigate the history of Ulysses from its earliest material beginnings, and they offer a concrete basis upon which we can explore the big questions about its length, style, origins, readership, and design.An innovative computational reading on both a micro and macro level, Ulysses by Numbers is a timely intervention into debates about the use and abuse of quantitative methods in literary analysis. Eric Bulson demonstrates how reading by numbers can bring us closer to the words of Ulysses, helping us rediscover a novel we thought we already knew. Ulysses has been read obsessively for a century. What if instead of focusing on the words to understand the structure, design, and history of Joyces masterpiece, we pay attention to the numbers? Taking a computational approach, Ulysses by Numbers lets us see the novels basic building blocks in a significantly new light. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ulysses by Numbers (Paperback)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231186053
• ISBN 13: 9780231186056
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Ulysses has been read obsessively for a century. What if instead of focusing on the words to understand the structure, design, and history of Joyce’s masterpiece, we pay attention to the numbers?

Taking a computational approach, Ulysses by Numbers lets us see the novel’s basic building blocks in a significantly new light―words, paragraphs, pages, and characters, as well as the original print run and the dates marking the beginning and end of its composition. Numbers provide access into Joyce’s creative process, enhanced by graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, and they also give us a startling new perspective on the proportions that continue to structure, organize, and pace the reading experience. Numbers are there to help us navigate the history of Ulysses from its earliest material beginnings, and they offer a concrete basis upon which we can explore the big questions about its length, style, origins, readership, and design.

An innovative computational reading on both a micro and macro level, Ulysses by Numbers is a timely intervention into debates about the use and abuse of quantitative methods in literary analysis. Eric Bulson demonstrates how reading by numbers can bring us closer to the words of Ulysses, helping us rediscover a novel we thought we already knew.

About the Author

Eric Bulson is Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Chair in the Humanities at Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of Little Magazine, World Form (Columbia, 2016); Novels, Maps, Modernity: The Spatial Imagination, 1850–2000 (2007); and The Cambridge Introduction to James Joyce (2006).