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"Ulysses" annotated : notes for James Joyce's "Ulysses"

This is a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of Ulysses. Annotations in this edition are keyed to the reading text. The introduction and head notes to sections provide general geographical, biographical, and historical background. 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. -- Publisher description

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