tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688556622447319906.post4771278012131936621..comments2023-10-31T06:30:53.980-07:00Comments on Two Bibliomaniacs: Ulysses: Read-along - Part 2Two Bibliomaniacshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442484227213602009noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688556622447319906.post-35919817014320498172011-02-22T10:25:28.426-08:002011-02-22T10:25:28.426-08:00I loved that line about his kneecap too! There...I loved that line about his kneecap too! There's some funny stuff in there amongst the gibberish.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408471966661831444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688556622447319906.post-9463936861946759752011-02-22T10:06:50.275-08:002011-02-22T10:06:50.275-08:00And yet. AND YET!! Joyce supposedly adored 't...And yet. AND YET!! Joyce supposedly adored 'the common man' ; perhaps this book IS a joke on the professors. i am spending entirely too much time thinking about Ulysses, reading about Ulysses and not reading any of Ulysses. Sigh. But I am hooked in a way that I can't explain at all. And am having too much fun telling people that I am reading it to see the reaction. "A certain spot in hell for such __"<br />Cheers!Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688556622447319906.post-55992439714969786002011-02-21T14:07:43.188-08:002011-02-21T14:07:43.188-08:00It's hard to like a man who wrote a book that ...It's hard to like a man who wrote a book that is almost impossible to understand. I'm sure Joyce would've thought I was too stupid to bother with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3688556622447319906.post-16590206804466120512011-02-21T12:18:45.596-08:002011-02-21T12:18:45.596-08:00Have you heard of Frank Delaney? He's an Iris...Have you heard of Frank Delaney? He's an Irish author who wrote a book on how to understand _Ulysses_. In the process of writing his book, Delaney did force himself to read Joyce's epic and absolutely fell in love with it. Now he's taking the book apart line by line via weekly podcast. It's actually pretty interesting. (You can find it here: http://blog.frankdelaney.com/re-joyce)<br /><br />Oh, and as for your "Another Random Thought,: Joyce DID write it to confuse the heck out of people. According to Delaney, he prided himself on writing a novel that "would keep the professors busy for 300 years." Smart ass. <br /><br />(I got all of this info from a very interesting interview with Delaney on the Diane Rehm show on NPR. You can read the text of it at http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-02-14/frank-delaney-matchmaker-kenmare/transcript. They start talking about Joyce at around the 11:32 mark.)Lisa Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449510308233234360noreply@blogger.com