Ulysses episode "Calypso"

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"Calypso" is the fourth episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, introducing Leopold Bloom and depicting his domestic morning routine in Dublin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter
episode of a novel
alludesTo Homeric episode of Calypso in the Odyssey
author James Joyce
containedInEdition first edition of Ulysses published by Shakespeare and Company
depictsEvent Leopold Bloom bringing breakfast to Molly Bloom in bed
Leopold Bloom buying a pork kidney
Leopold Bloom cooking and eating the kidney
Leopold Bloom feeding the cat
Leopold Bloom going to the butcher
Leopold Bloom reading a letter addressed to Molly Bloom
Leopold Bloom reading a letter from Milly Bloom
featuresCharacter Dlugacz
Millicent Bloom
Molly Bloom
The cat
The postman
firstPublication 1922
follows Ulysses episode "Proteus"
genre modernist fiction
HomericCharacterParallel Leopold Bloom as Odysseus
linked to: Odysseus

Molly Bloom as Calypso
linked to: Calypso
HomericParallel Calypso
language English
literaryTechnique free indirect discourse
interior monologue
mainCharacter Leopold Bloom
narrativeFocus Leopold Bloom's domestic routine
narrativePerspective third-person limited
notableMotif cats
food and eating
letters and communication
opensWith Leopold Bloom preparing breakfast
partOf Ulysses
positionInWork 4
precedes Ulysses episode "Lotus Eaters"
relatedWork Ulysses episode "Nausicaa"
Ulysses episode "Telemachus"
settingCity Dublin
settingCountry Ireland
settingDate 16 June 1904
settingLocation 7 Eccles Street, Dublin
theme bodily functions
domestic life
everyday routine
marital infidelity
sexual jealousy
timeOfDay morning

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Ulysses episode "Penelope" relatedWork Ulysses episode "Calypso"