tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714488622419505745.post1615938001222523675..comments2023-06-23T10:01:20.691-05:00Comments on Bibliosue: Ulysses Wednesday #11Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17027628103746160956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714488622419505745.post-25793937095218432912010-08-30T21:32:53.315-05:002010-08-30T21:32:53.315-05:00Thank you gentlemen for your words of encouragemen...Thank you gentlemen for your words of encouragement!<br /><br />Ed, I was sick last week and even nightly doses of Nyquil didn't give me these types of hallucinations!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027628103746160956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714488622419505745.post-49794837899219203122010-08-30T13:17:10.314-05:002010-08-30T13:17:10.314-05:00Hello! Thanks for stopping by my blog! It's re...Hello! Thanks for stopping by my blog! It's really cool that you're doing this, too. I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts. I'm just going to do mine once a month, so it'll be interesting to see how you've been getting on week by week. "Circe" is one hell of a chapter, but no matter how weird it gets slog on. It's well worth it. Best of luck to you!<br />-Isaac<br /><a rel="nofollow">http://towerofstories.blogspot.com/</a>Isaac7985https://www.blogger.com/profile/06066893766831654242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714488622419505745.post-41935565064772816372010-08-29T21:39:33.326-05:002010-08-29T21:39:33.326-05:00Suzanne, I am beyond impressed! This is a novel t...Suzanne, I am beyond impressed! This is a novel that has defeated me; not once, but many times over the course of my fifty-four years! I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have given this novel a go, and all for nought. We don't even want to talk about "Finnegan's Wake." I do not currently own a copy of "Ulysses," and nor will I buy another. I have met my match. I look forward to following your experience, and vicariously enjoying it. Thank you for visiting my blog too! Cheers! ChrisChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428150254760548485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714488622419505745.post-26487298579280707012010-08-25T21:58:19.319-05:002010-08-25T21:58:19.319-05:00You go Suze!
I think you are right in that much o...You go Suze!<br /><br />I think you are right in that much of what takes place IN Bloom or through Bloom's eyes, and his personality is fairly subdued so that you can do it. <br /><br />If it were told though Stephen's eyes entirely, it would be all intellectual judgement: Bloom observes and weighs.<br /><br />In fact you'll see that contrast being set up. (I don't think that's much of a spoiler, Bloom is getting already solicitous of Stephen.)<br /><br />And yes the play thing is one big hallucination, Joyce chose to think of it as the domain of Circe: some of it is due to drunkenness, some is due to being passed out, and some takes place in the unconscious of the characters, that seems to be "where" it really "happens". It is a perplexing thing to wonder what "really" happened; in the rest of the book only the bare outlines of this chapter are treated as factual. <br /><br />I never had any beer that did this to me. It is pretty funny and outrageous. Go for it.Ed Smileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076415756688151999noreply@blogger.com