Authors and poets use onomatopoeia to capture the essence of sounds through written word. James Joyce, one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century was famous for his innovative use of non-lexical onomatopoeic words- sound words not part of the lexicon of the english language. The following 'map' will guide you through some of the sounds in Joyces seminal work Ulysses, through the interaction of animated line and typographic wordplay.
This second map is an auditory map- a visual digram that maps the sounds I heard on a 13 minute walk in Providence, Rhode Island.
