# James Joyce — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> James Joyce in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Lawrence, James Joyce or D. H. Lawrence

**First appearance:** 0003-i-introductory

## Who they are

Modernist author, referenced for stream of consciousness and character innovation.

## In the story

### [VI: Fantasy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/vi-fantasy)

Discussed as a fantasist; his Ulysses is analyzed as a mythological framework for a modern journey, though Forster finds its indignation ultimately unsuccessful.

### [VII: Prophecy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/vii-prophecy)

Mentioned as a prophetic novelist; readers of Lawrence will understand the wrecked air of a novel after bardic influence.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced for Ulysses, with a note on its unavailability in England and a mutilated American edition.

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