http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/ If you're smart, you might like us. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/#comment-83 Bites: Book Review Highlights, Kakutani Two-Step, Required Reading, the Millennials, and Why Our Media is Getting Scolded « Vol. 1 Brooklyn Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:57:52 +0000 http://vol1brooklyn.com/?p=1101#comment-83 [...] anyone else noticed that James Joyce has been tryin’ to change a lot of lives these days? Here’s another: How Joyce Can Change Your Life.“(The Second [...] [...] anyone else noticed that James Joyce has been tryin’ to change a lot of lives these days? Here’s another: How Joyce Can Change Your Life.“(The Second [...]

]]> http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/#comment-82 Bites: That guy from The Princess Bride, chapbook reviews, Grouper at ATP, intellectual bankruptcy, and more « Vol. 1 Brooklyn Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:05:09 +0000 http://vol1brooklyn.com/?p=1101#comment-82 [...] Everybody thinks Joyce is a fricken genius.  I still don’t get it. [...] [...] Everybody thinks Joyce is a fricken genius.  I still don’t get it. [...]

]]> http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/#comment-81 the scowl » Blog Archive » Thoughts on “Collective Reading” Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:36:41 +0000 http://vol1brooklyn.com/?p=1101#comment-81 [...] At Vol.1, Jason Diamond discusses a new book on the work of James Joyce: To me, Joyce has always seemed like a hefty task to take on, and I feel like if I am ever going to truly make any judgments, I really need to be ready before I pick up Finnegans Wake or Ulysses. [...] [...] At Vol.1, Jason Diamond discusses a new book on the work of James Joyce: To me, Joyce has always seemed like a hefty task to take on, and I feel like if I am ever going to truly make any judgments, I really need to be ready before I pick up Finnegans Wake or Ulysses. [...]

]]> http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/#comment-80 Mike Wills Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:34:56 +0000 http://vol1brooklyn.com/?p=1101#comment-80 I think you are best off avoiding Finnegans Wake, but Ulysses is worth the time. I think you are best off avoiding Finnegans Wake, but Ulysses is worth the time.

]]> http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2009/09/15/joyce-for-idiots/#comment-79 Davin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:49:46 +0000 http://vol1brooklyn.com/?p=1101#comment-79 I always thought "Re Joyce" by Anthony Burgess was an entertaining and humorous approach to Joyce. As Burgess puts it "My book does not pretend to scholarship, only a desire to help the average reader who wants to know Joyce's work but has been scared off by the professors." I always thought “Re Joyce” by Anthony Burgess was an entertaining and humorous approach to Joyce. As Burgess puts it “My book does not pretend to scholarship, only a desire to help the average reader who wants to know Joyce’s work but has been scared off by the professors.”

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