Humbug, or "If You Don't Understand It, It Must Be Art".
The Childlike Empress (or someone who looks like her) takes me to task for my condemnation of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Here are the comments in full:
I will stick up my hand in defense of "Ulysses". First off, you HAVE to read an annotated version, or read the Cliff's Notes along with it. Otherwise, yes, it will read as though it's a piece of junk that makes no sense to anyone. However, people were far better educated when Joyce was writing, and he intentionally wrote it with many, many layers of
I will stick up my hand in defense of "Ulysses". First off, you HAVE to read an annotated version, or read the Cliff's Notes along with it. Otherwise, yes, it will read as though it's a piece of junk that makes no sense to anyone. However, people were far better educated when Joyce was writing, and he intentionally wrote it with many, many layers of
No comments have been added yet.
John C. Wright's Blog
- John C. Wright's profile
- 449 followers
John C. Wright isn't a Goodreads Author
(yet),
but they
do have a blog,
so here are some recent posts imported from
their feed.
