{"product_id":"sensational-joyce-the-psychology-of-ulysses-9780813079356","title":"Sensational Joyce: The Psychology of Ulysses","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring how \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eimitates the human mind\u003cbr\u003eat work, connecting close readings to psychological theories of Joyce's time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, John\u003cbr\u003eGordon uses historically oriented close readings to demonstrate that \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis a book that mimics the workings of the human mind. Gordon highlights James Joyce's\u003cbr\u003eexceptional ability to capture and represent lived experiences, showing how Joyce's\u003cbr\u003ewritings display the ways specific minds interact with their environments. \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis portrayed here as having its own evolving consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSensational Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book\u003cbr\u003eon Joyce's psychology to engage deeply with theorists beyond Freud, Jung, or\u003cbr\u003eLacan. Gordon explains how Joyce used other psychological theories, like\u003cbr\u003eWilliam James's ideas on stimulus and response, Gestalt psychology, John\u003cbr\u003eWatson's behaviorism, and trauma research. The book also includes discussions\u003cbr\u003eof phenomena considered experimental at the time, such as telepathy, \u003cbr\u003etelekinesis, precognition, and spiritualism. Gordon examines the characters of\u003cbr\u003esensitive intellectual Stephen Dedalus and advertising professional Leopold Bloom, \u003cbr\u003efollowing the book's centers of consciousness into the visionary, hallucinatory, \u003cbr\u003eand prophetic final chapters.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGordon highlights\u003cbr\u003ehow Joyce's unique writing style transforms sensations and stimuli into\u003cbr\u003ethoughts and responses. As \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eprogresses, the sensational--meaning\u003cbr\u003esensory data--becomes sensationalistic. In tracing the contemporary theories of\u003cbr\u003epsychology evidenced in the novel, \u003ci\u003eSensational Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e presents many new\u003cbr\u003eand original interpretations that can be applied to other works by Joyce, \u003cbr\u003eespecially \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA volume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sam Slote\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGordon, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJohn Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus of English at Connecticut College, is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eJoyce and Reality: The Empirical Strikes Back.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415273505042,"sku":"9780813079356","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7fbefc47-3637-4a9b-930a-28ff2d0040d0.jpg?v=1751132059","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sensational-joyce-the-psychology-of-ulysses-9780813079356","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}