Comments on: On reading Ulysses http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/on-reading-ulysses/ Alicious Adventures of a Malkanthapuragudi-an! (Perseus cluster -- thanks to Chet at Science Musings blog) Sat, 18 May 2013 19:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bill K. http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/on-reading-ulysses/#comment-23391 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:13:53 +0000 http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/?p=2650#comment-23391 That’s an interesting take on Ulysses. I’ve tried reading it at least three times and just haven’t been able to get farther than 100 pages. On the other hand, some of the ones she says she has a hard time reading — Shipping News, Cold Mountain, anything by Paul Aster — I’ve breezed right through. Maybe I’m trying too hard when it comes to Ulysses. The parts I did read were surprisingly bawdy and funny. Looks like it’s time to try again.

]]> By: Guru http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/on-reading-ulysses/#comment-23374 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:59:34 +0000 http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/?p=2650#comment-23374 Dear Cliff,

Is there any specifc annotated edition of Ulysses that you would recommend?

Guru

]]> By: Cliff Burns http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/on-reading-ulysses/#comment-23373 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:25:28 +0000 http://mogadalai.wordpress.com/?p=2650#comment-23373 I prepared carefully before I tackled ULYSSES–read every biography I could find on Joyce, all the critical theory I could decipher, just so I wouldn’t be lost by the various references and in-jokes Joyce tossed in. I was impressed by the sheer bawdiness of the book, the way ordinary bodily functions were discussed with such frankness. The table talk at the Joyce residence must have been fascinating indeed…

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