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11474379 No.11474379 [Reply] [Original]

is his bibliography just the ramblings of an educated Irishman gradually descending into schizophrenia?

>> No.11474423

>>11474379
no it is the works of a rare and extremely well-read, cultured genius, descending into not giving a fuck & wanting to be imortal by putting out one of the most complex work of fiction literature ever written

>> No.11474439

>>11474379
no

>> No.11474483
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11474483

Ulysses was gay so I dropped it

>> No.11474506

>>11474483
More like you were gay so Ulysses dropped you

>> No.11474613

>>11474506
whatever bro im going to the movies with my gf now bye

>> No.11474624

>>11474379
A failed romantic poet from a nation of romantic poets who got angry, left his country & religion out of spite, and tried to avenge himself through reaching for literary fame by using modernist gimmicks which impress academics.

>> No.11474633

>>11474624
epic

>> No.11474642

>>11474624
>modernist gimmicks

Most or them can be traced back to Sterne

>> No.11474655

>>11474642
Exactly, what a hack Joyce was! Based Sterne cannot be surpassed.

>> No.11474656

>>11474642
*Most of them

>> No.11474660

>>11474642
And the point is that Sterne did it without taking himself seriously.

>> No.11474668

>>11474660
Neither did Joyce

>> No.11474673

>people still acting like Joyce isn't massively accessible