Template:Did you know nominations/Ulysses (novel)
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The result was: rejected by BuySomeApples (talk) 03:55, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
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Ulysses (novel)
The first edition of the novel, published 2 February 1922
- ... that the penultimate chapter of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" is formatted as a "mathematical" catechism of 309 questions and answers? Source: McCarthy, Patrick A., "Joyce's Unreliable Catechist: Mathematics and the Narrative of 'Ithaca'", ELH, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Autumn 1984), pp. 605–606, quoting Joyce in Letters From James Joyce. A famous example is Joyce's apparent rendering of the year 1904 into the impossible Roman numeral MXMIV (p. 669 of the 1961 Modern Library edition)
- ALT1: ... that "Ithaca", the penultimate episode of James Joyce's "Ulysses", talks of urinary trajectories? Source: Hefferman, James A. W. (2001) Joyce's Ulysses. Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company LP.
- ALT2: ... that Episode 14 of James Joyce's "Ulysses" recounts the entire history of the English language through puns and wordplay? Source: Wales, Kathleen (1989). "The "Oxen of the Sun" in "Ulysses": Joyce and Anglo-Saxon". James Joyce Quarterly. 26. 3: 319–330.
Created by ColdSteelKing (talk). Self-nominated at 03:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC).
Hi ColdSteelKing, this article was not newly created, expanded fivefold, or promoted to Good Article within the last week. It is not eligible for DYK. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
