Women in Joyce's Ulysses

Joyce is often credited with an inward and celebratory presentation of 'woman.' What do you think of his achievement in that respect? <Tab/>Close analysis of the role of women in Ulysses reveals something of a dichotomy. The aggressive, promiscuous Molly Bloom appears to represent Joyce's delineation of a self-confident, uninhibited 'new woman.' In many respects, Joyce's presentation of 'woman' is ahead of its time - Ulysses provoked outrage …

…be mistaken for other things." Ibid. 17. Cited on "This is the meaning of Bloomsday," Readheaded Ramblings, 16 June 2003 <http://atswimtwobirds.blogspot.com/2003_06_15_atswimtwobirds_archive.html>. In her typically dry style, Nora responded, perhaps tellingly, with a highly quotable quote about her husband: "He knows nothing at all about women." Carolyn G. Heilbrun, "Afterword," Women in Joyce, 216. Cited in Arthur Power, Conversations with James Joyce, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982) 35. Richard Ellman, Letters, 278.