Continuing the series that takes an in-depth look at revolutionary works of art which have created an impact on the world and continue to shape our culture.
James Joyce 's Ulysses. In the year that marks the 60th anniversary of Joyce's death, poet and critic Tom Paulin examines this truly extraordinary work. Banned for obscenity in the USA and the UK until the 1930s, Irish booksellers did not stock it until as late as the seventies. Scandalous though it was, its "stream of consciousness" style revolutionised the modern novel and influenced everything that followed.
Producer Mary Downes
Executive producer Andrea Miller (S) (W)