<b>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, &quot;</b>Ulysses&quot;&nbsp;is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century.<br /><br />&quot;Ulysses&quot;, novel by Irish writer James Joyce, first published in book form in 1922. Stylistically dense and exhilarating, it is generally regarded as a masterpiece and has been the subject of numerous volumes of commentary and analysis. The novel is constructed as a modern parallel to Homer&rsquo;s &quot;Odyssey&quot;.<br /><br />Unfolding in a single day&mdash;June 16, 1904&mdash;Joyce&rsquo;s novel re-creates the Dublin, Ireland, of his youth, as seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. With its individual sections patterned after Homer&rsquo;s &quot;Odyssey&quot;, the novel centres on that day in the life of Leopold Bloom&mdash;a Jew whose roots are in Hungary. Joyce&rsquo;s work was perhaps the most avant-garde of its time, but its most radical innovation is in the narrative format through which it unfolds. Informed by Sigmund Freud&rsquo;s theories about the subconscious, Joyce utilises the stream of conscious technique to explore the innermost thoughts of his characters. It creates a polyphonic interplay of moods and impressions that were a radical departure from the work of Joyce&rsquo;s contemporaries. In it the unconscious mind is uncensored, and it is often prone to dwell on bodily functions&mdash;a subject that was taboo in the polite society of the early twentieth century. Therein lay the root of the book&rsquo;s censorship problems.<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;