Billy Sunday: A New Source for "Oxen of the Sun"

One strand in the Oxen of the Sun (LettersI 140) episode in Ulysses ends in a kind of overheated oratory associated by James Joyce with American popular preaching. It seems to be an almost verbatim transcription of the sermonizing of American evangelist Billy Sunday.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:James Joyce quarterly 2006-10, Vol.44 (1), p.133-135
Main Author: Gilliver, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Evangelism
False alarms
Joyce, James (1882-1941)
Literary criticism
Novels
Peanuts
Preachers
Sermons
Source studies
Sunday, William Ashley (1862-1935)
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Summary:One strand in the Oxen of the Sun (LettersI 140) episode in Ulysses ends in a kind of overheated oratory associated by James Joyce with American popular preaching. It seems to be an almost verbatim transcription of the sermonizing of American evangelist Billy Sunday.
ISSN:0021-4183
1938-6036
1938-6036
DOI:10.1353/jjq.2007.0010