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James Robert Kingman
Date ol Daedalus, Dedalus, and Joyce
James Robert Kingman
Department of English Rhodes College Memphis, Tennessee
2009
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in English This Honors paper by James Robert Kingman has been read
and approved for Honors in English.
Dr. Brian W. Shaffer Project Advisor
Dr. Gordon Bigelow Department Chair
Dr. Michael Leslie Professor of English
Dr. Leslie Petty Assistant Professor of English iii
CONTENTS
Signature page ii
Contents iii
Abstract iv
Introduction: Joyce and Myth 1
The Daedalus Myth: More than the fall 10
Joyce s Mythical Youth: Evidence of early influence 18
Mythical Epiphanies: Daedalian parallels in chapters I-IV 27
The Beauty Maze: The labyrinth in the aesthetic theory of chapter V 43
Stephen as an Artist: Searching for success 53