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a well known quote -- it's the on fourth page of Joyce's masterpiece, as I trow all Friamers must know. I loved the "bestbeloved bestbook bash", and was amazed that Ulysses headed the list. It is indeed great literature, or so they say, but how does an ordinary yobbo read it? I was educated in the tongue that Shakespeare spake, where he did, in fact, and always thought, with youthful snobbery, I would gain something from this monumental tome. I had a special interest in that my great uncle, a Dubliner, had known the real Buck Mulligan personally, ("but not Mr. Joyce", as he respectfully qualified) and so in grad school I took a course on the book. Formidable, but overwhelming! I understand it a leetle now, thanks to the patient tutoring of Hallett Smith (he wrote the definitive stuff on the Sonnets), but really not very profoundly. I truly can't believe anyone, even a Friamer, could pick up the volume cold and derive anything from it. Am I alone in my ignorance? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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I doubt it.
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thanks, Benoit Mandelbrot, I bless you as a saint of mathematics -- you are
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PLISSAMAN wrote: I truly can't believe anyone, even a Friamer, could pick up the volume cold and derive anything from it. Am I alone in my ignorance? Nick From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of [hidden email] a well known quote -- it's the on fourth page of Joyce's masterpiece, as I trow all Friamers must know. I loved the "bestbeloved bestbook bash", and was amazed that Ulysses headed the list. It is indeed great literature, or so they say, but how does an ordinary yobbo read it? I was educated in the tongue that Shakespeare spake, where he did, in fact, and always thought, with youthful snobbery, I would gain something from this monumental tome. I had a special interest in that my great uncle, a Dubliner, had known the real Buck Mulligan personally, ("but not Mr. Joyce", as he respectfully qualified) and so in grad school I took a course on the book. Formidable, but overwhelming! I understand it a leetle now, thanks to the patient tutoring of Hallett Smith (he wrote the definitive stuff on the Sonnets), but really not very profoundly. I truly can't believe anyone, even a Friamer, could pick up the volume cold and derive anything from it. Am I alone in my ignorance? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Back in the mid 70s I worked at Gotham Book Mart on West 47th Street in Manhattan. It held an annual Bloomsday celebration on June 16th up in its gallery with readings by various notables, such as Padraic Colum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Book_Mart
The manager of the shop, Philip Lyman, gave me some excellent advice about reading Ulysses - "Don't let anything stop you on the first reading (of 3), don't be bothered by the fact that you don't understand something or know what's happening, just get through it. On the second reading, keep any of the better companion guides handy to help you understand all the many obscure references, the third reading will be for pleasure."
Pleasure, forsooth! I asked about Finnegan's Wake and was told, "You must crawl first, young Scott." You are not alone, Peter.
Older Scott
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Nicholas Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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