According to Prof. Joe Nugent, James Joyce’s Ulysess is mostly about the following things
- Philosophy
- Education
- The Common Man
- Drugs
- Death
- Advertising
- Publishing
- Eating
- Father/Son Relationships
- The Anxiety of Influence
- Dublin
- Journeys
- Music
- Nationalism
- Discrimination
- Anti-semitism
- Pop Culture
- Ladies’ Magazines
- History
- Language
- Pregnancy
- Sex
- Tiredness
- Water
- Knowledge
- Names
- Feminism