Dante and Moses in "The Parable of the Plums".
When James Joyce uses a Dantean model, Paradiso 31, for Stephen Dedalus's "Parable of the Plums" in the "Aeolus" episode of Ulysses, Stephen's tale marks a turning point in the character's development from earnest poet to ironic storyteller. In Dante, the Pilgrim and St. Bernard gaze up at the Rose...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 75 - 94 |
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Spring2026
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