The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature Season 1 Episode 25 Ulysses: A Greek Epic in an Irish World
- TV-PG
- November 1, 2016
- 31 min
From 1914 to 1921, while Ireland faced revolution at home, James Joyce was abroad, slowly laboring on his great masterpiece, Ulysses. In this first of three lectures about this famous epic and its relation to Irish history, Professor Conner provides a lucid overview of the story, its characters, its style, and its structure.