Ulysses and the Poetics of Cognition [Hardcover]

Given Ulyssesperhaps unparalleled attention to the operations of the human mind, it is unsurprising that critics have explored the works psychology. Nonetheless, there has been very little research that draws on recent cognitive science to examine thought and emotion in this novel. Hogan sets out to expand our understanding of Ulysses, as well as our theoretical comprehension of narrativeand even our views of human cognition. He revises the main narratological accounts of the novel, clarifying the complex nature of narration and style. He extends his cognitive study to encompass the anti-colonial and gender concerns that are so obviously important to Joyces work. Finally, through a combination of broad overviews and detailed textual analyses, Hogan seeks to make this notoriously difficult book more accessible to non-specialists.

Introduction. Ulyssesand the Human Mind 1. Shame and Beauty: Telemachus and Nestor 2. Identity and Emotion: Proteus 3. Simulating Stories: Calypso, Lotus Eaters, and Scylla and Charybdis 4. Narration, Style, and Simulation: Hades, Aeolus, and Lestrygonians 5. Psychological Realism and Parallel Processing: From Wandering Rocks to Sirens 6. Critical Realism and Parallel Narration: Cyclops and Nausicaa 7. Style Unbound: Oxen of the Sun 8. Metaphor, Realism, and Fantasy: Circe 9. Narrational Duality, Loneliness, and Guilt: Eumaeus, Ithaca, and Penelope Afterword. An Outline of Theoretical Concepts and Principles

This is a doubly brilliant book: set to become the standard account of Ulyssesand the perfect exemplar so far of the richness that a cognitive scientific approach to literature can bring. --Peter Stockwell, Professor of Literary Linguistics, University of Nottingham, UK

Patrick Colm Hogan is Professor in the Department of English and the Program in Cognitive ScienlcL