Bernard Moxham has contributed an essay on the historical background of James Joyce's creation of "Ulysses" and several other critical interpretations of this masterful book. Tom PHillips writes an essay on his creating images for Joyce's "Ulysses." He writes "Joyce of course knew and revered Dante as Dante knew and revered Virgil, and Virgil Homer...my life and my work and my enthusiasms made some sort of unified field whose preoccupations, initially isolated, found by gravity a mutual attraction. This of course is what happens in the evoked worlds of Dante's Florence, Cicero's Rome and Joyce's Dublin where are met the people who make sense of life, and through their grand imperfections make life rich."The 18 illustrations by Phillips relate to the 18 chapters of "Ulysses .Each one is bordered and relates to the size adn shpe of th eiPad that phillips s=usses as aformof his work."The pages of new images by Tom Phillips and references on the facing page by excerpts by Joyce, historical and literary interpretations by Moxham and artistic insights by Phillips into his illustrtions and found poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.