Ulysses by James Joyce: Great Books Explained

Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon, thanks! or if you prefer a one-off donation - This video is dedicated to my great friends, and Joyce aficionado’s Jean and Derry O’Sullivan. Even before James Joyce’s Ulysses was published it was causing trouble. Short excerpts appeared in a review magazine, and the US postal service claiming it was pornography refused to deliver the magazines and then burnt all the copies. Any publisher that thought about publishing Ulysses had to weigh up the possibility of being prosecuted for obscenity against the potential of bringing a masterpiece into the world. Most publishers wouldn’t touch it, but Sylvia Beach, owner of the Shakespeare and Co. bookshop in Paris, decided the risk was worth taking, and in 1922 Ulysses was published in Paris. It is famously hard to read, and many never finish it, but the novel would go on to triumph over the criticism and censorship, to become one of the most highly regarded works of art in the 20th century. Nothing much happens in Ulysses, two men wander around Dublin, and a woman lies in bed thinking, that’s it! But it is the story telling, the language and the humour that makes it a work of genius. Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Adriana Nemet, Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, Alyssa Phillips, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Pavel Juszczyk, Sean Welgemoed, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Theresa Garfink, Toni Ko, Tyler Wittreich and Will Dew’s-Power. “What a brilliant series this is“ - Stephen Fry on Twitter SUBTITLES I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@ Spanish Subtitles by Alma Perdomo (gracias!) CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram and Behance ) Sound Mix by Oscar Sidoff Rydelius (Thank you!) ACTORS Aonghus Weber @cityactors Helen Sheehan “Theme“ music: JS Bach “Sonata for violin solo No.1 in G Minor” Other - Stravinsky The Rite of Spring All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. Clip of Dublin: Dermot O’Brien Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.