Preface Introduction Chapter One Dilemma of the Present Situation Section Ⅰ British Colonisation Section Ⅱ Religious Strife Section Ⅲ Cycloptic Nationalism Section Ⅳ "Gay-betrayers" among Irish People Section Ⅴ Irish Art: the Cracked Iooking Glass of a Servant Chapter Two History, the Nightmare to Wake from Section Ⅰ Shells and Core of History Section Ⅱ Fabrication of History by British Colonialists and Their Followers Section Ⅲ Fabrication of History by the Nationalists Section Ⅳ Way out from the Nightmare of History Section Ⅴ Art into or out of Cultural Tradition Chapter Three The Future Pointing to Cultural Hybridity Section Ⅰ The Impotence of Irish Culture Section Ⅱ Strong Vitality and Aggressiveness of British Culture Section Ⅲ The Vitality of Irish Culture Section Ⅳ The Future Pointing to Cultural Hybridity Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Titles of Episodes in Ulysses Acknowledgements