Re: suggested reading
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:13:58 -0400 (EDT)
Yeah, I'd have to agree with Camille here.
Ulysses does deserve to be on ANY list of the Most Important in the
English Language, I do think that. But it's pretty cryptic until you
know Joyce a bit...well, even AFTER you know Joyce a bit :) When I was
doing my honors thesis on Joyce I wanted to make up a list of quotes by
famous (esp. literate) people who said they couldn't understand Ulysses.
That, and after my first reading of it I wanted to remove my brain and
give it a good scrub :)
Jim
On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:39:59 +1000 Camille Scaysbrook
<verona_beach@geocities.com> writes:
>I say approach `Dubliners' first, then head along to `Portrait of ...'
>.
>*Then* try and attack Ulysses. Dive headlong into it without any
>preparation and you could get cut on some nasty rocks (:
>
>Camille
>verona_beach@geocities.com
>@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
>@ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
>
>> Would anyone recommend reading _Ulysses_?
>>
>> The latest New Yorker has a favorable write-up of Joyce that has me
>> curious...
>>
>> -Sean
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