Joyce isn't a dropkick
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 05 Apr 1998 15:48:52 +1000
Uh - oh!
Mucho misinterpretation ! :
> I'm still trying to understand Camille's comment about how in Australia
> Joyce is considered to be what is referred to as a "dropkick."
I didn't AT ALL mean that Joyce has a bad reputation in Australia !!!
Australia has a very wide-reaching Irish population and heritage (I'm of
Irish descent myself) - the St Patrick's Day celebrations are huge, and
Bloomsday is one of the big literary events of the year, with readings,
special breakfasts etc occuring on that day. I hope I didn't inadvertantly
set everyone's opinion of Australia back into `now celebrating 30 years of
electricity' mode.
What I meant was, that from my own experiences with Joyce - that is,
reading
his letters and so forth (and not commenting on his literature) I
personally believed that as a person he was a `dropkick' (which, if you're
interested,
refers to a mode of kick in Australian Rules football and is a general term
of goodnatured abuse rather than reference to an actual action.)
But I am only one Australian, obviously vastly at odds with many other
Joyce loving Australians! Also, I don't know how you believe I would be
arrogant enought to make a presumption that large about the literary tastes
of all other 16, 999,999 of my countrymen and women. I'm not in the habit
of making gross generalisations.
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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