Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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I haven't read Ulysses, but this type of attitude always strikes me as more elitist than those who claim to understand Ulysses. It's basically saying, "If I don't understand it, no one else possibly can!"
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While there's something to this, a Sklanskyesque Bayesian approach tends to lead me to think that the balance of pretentiousness tips the conventional way.
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well, like poring over Joyce, I read this sentence 3 times and it makes no sense. I mean, I think you're saying that people who read and understand Ulysses are more pretentious and elitist.
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