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James Joyce and Ulysses
Can anyone here say they've picked up Ulysses, read it, and was like "yeah, I get at least 50% of the literary allusions and know wtf is going on in this book?"
This is a bit of a shift from a summer reading Harry Potter 7 and His Dark Materials series. |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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Can anyone here say they've picked up Ulysses, read it, and was like "yeah, I get at least 50% of the literary allusions and know wtf is going on in this book?" [/ QUOTE ] No. Half the people who say they finished it are lying, the other half don't have a clue what anything means beyond what they are told by others (this includes university professors). I got half way through and gave up. When I realized I hated picking it up and that I was only reading it because it's a "classic" I didn't see the point in going any further. [ QUOTE ] This is a bit of a shift from a summer reading Harry Potter 7 and His Dark Materials series. [/ QUOTE ] I'm sure it is - why don't you read something in the middle? |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
So what, I'm pretty sure James Joyce doesn't have 30,000+ posts. Ulysses by a mile.
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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So what, I'm pretty sure James Joyce doesn't have 30,000+ posts. Ulysses by a mile. [/ QUOTE ] *whoosh* over the heads of the newbie OOTiots. This needs more love. |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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[ QUOTE ] So what, I'm pretty sure James Joyce doesn't have 30,000+ posts. Ulysses by a mile. [/ QUOTE ] *whoosh* over the heads of the newbie OOTiots. This needs more love. [/ QUOTE ] Yes I see what he did here. El Diablo used to be named Ulysses and has 30,000 posts. James Joyce died long before 2+2 was even started and therefore has 0 posts. Very clever. |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
xorbie -- I think you might enjoy snacking on my genitals.
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
Dubliners>Portrait>Ulysses>Finnegan's Wake
And I've read them all, tho I'm stretching the definition of reading there. My eyes have touched each word. |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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Dubliners>Portrait>Ulysses>Finnegan's Wake And I've read them all, tho I'm stretching the definition of reading there. My eyes have touched each word. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Dubliners, though I haven't ever gotten through Ulysses or Finnegan's |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
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[ QUOTE ] Dubliners>Portrait>Ulysses>Finnegan's Wake And I've read them all, tho I'm stretching the definition of reading there. My eyes have touched each word. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Dubliners, though I haven't ever gotten through Ulysses or Finnegan's [/ QUOTE ] I'm pretty sure nobody has ever actually read Finnegans Wake. |
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Re: James Joyce and Ulysses
wow, for some reason I thought this was like the children's version of Homer's The Odyssey (6th grade reading, Ulysses) and I was wondering how anyone could not "get" even Homer's Odyssey, let alone the children's version. One wikipedia page later and I see I was way off.
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