Who's afraid of Joyce's Ulysses? This course shows how to approach this formidable novel without (much) fear and trembling. Most important is that Ulysses is a funny book, and the better you get to know it, the funnier it becomes. Recommended background reading includes Homer's 'Odyssey' and Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'. Also recommended is Harry Blamires's 'The New Bloomsday Book', which walks you through each chapter clarifying any puzzling passages. This is a continuation of last year's course, when we got through the first 6 chapters, but I will help newcomers to catch up. We used the Oxford World's Classics edition of 'Ulysses' edited by Jeri Johnson, but if you don't have it I can help you navigate other editions.