Resources
Editions, annotations, maps, and more to support your journey
The scholarship on Ulysses is vast. The selections below are simply a curated starting point — works we have found especially helpful and companionable.
Listening
Ulysses in 80
Weekly conversations with featured guests, and Open Mic episodes from readers along the way
Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
RTÉ — Reading Ulysses
The complete novel, read aloud
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and at rte.ie
RTÉ Players — Ulysses
A landmark dramatized production
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and at rte.ie
Books & Works by Our Guests
- Sam Slote — Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
- Robert Nicholson — The Ulysses Guide: Tours Through Joyce's Dublin
- Patrick Hastings — The Ulysses Guide (ulyssesguide.com); Recommended Companion
- Joseph Valente — Quare Joyce
- Clare Hutton — Serial Encounters
- Daniel Mulhall — Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey
- Matthew Campbell — Essays, poetry, and literary criticism
- Professor Robert Spoo — Without Copyright; James Joyce and the Language of History; Modernism and the Law
Recommended: The Politics of James Joyce by Frank Callanan (Foreword by Robert Spoo)
- Catherine Flynn — Professor of Literature, University of California, Berkeley — Editor of The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes
Host of U22: The Centenary Ulysses Podcast series.
Editions & Texts
Gabler Edition (Penguin Random House)
The most authoritative edition, used as our reference text.
Project Gutenberg — Ulysses
Free online text (1922 first edition). Useful but lacks corrections from later scholarship.
The Little Review Serialization
The original serialized version as it appeared from 1918-1920, before the book publication.
Recommended Reading Companion
Ulysses Guide (ulyssesguide.com)
A clear, reader-friendly companion offering summaries and guidance for each episode of Ulysses.
The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses
The 1922 text with essays and notes, edited by Catherine Flynn. A richly annotated edition pairing the original text with scholarly commentary.
Annotations & Guides
Don Gifford's Ulysses Annotated
The essential reference work. Line-by-line annotations explaining allusions and references.
The Joyce Project
Free online annotations with maps, images, and hyperlinked references.
Richard Ellmann — James Joyce
A landmark literary biography offering essential context on Joyce's life, influences, and the world in which Ulysses was written.
Maps & Dublin
Audio & Video
Companion Listening
For those who enjoy thoughtful and entertaining explorations of Ulysses, we recommend the following independent podcasts. These are not aligned to the daily reading schedule, but they offer rich context, insight, and lively discussion.
Re: Joyce Podcast
Frank Delaney's legendary line-by-line podcast. Sadly unfinished, but invaluable.
U22: The Centenary Ulysses Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Flynn. A centenary-focused series featuring scholars and thematic conversations.
Blooms & Barnacles
Hosted by Kelly Bryan and Dermot O'Connor. Informative, accessible, and often delightfully irreverent — a spirited companion for readers.
Video
A Small Wonder
Why That Blue?
Patrick Hastings tells the story of the cover of Ulysses.
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