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Ulysses
by James Joyce
Ulysses is a self-imposed labyrinth of knowledge, and is a puzzle that I have only begun to put together, and that I think I could work on for the rest of my life. Joyce mystifies me, and I wish I could even begin to unravel the depth of his mind. Joyce has channeled his life force into his work, and with it, it's rawness and life.
Ulysses is living and breathing, and adapts to the reader's schema so that each individual has a unique dialogue with Joyce's thoughts and takes something different away. Most of all in a book I am looking for rawness, and an attempt to understand the true nature of the individual. Joyce is a trailblazer in this—we as readers come to terms with his conceptualization of the world through his work. In other words, we are exploring through Joyce's exploration.
Like T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf, Joyce uses a vast (and incredible) array of knowledge to craft his great work, drawing inspiration from "the canon," and using Shakespeare and Homer as the foundation for a view of the world and how we ought to interact with it. I will continue reading Ulysses throughout my life, each time with a hope of discovering more about Joyce, myself, and the world.
Ulysses is living and breathing, and adapts to the reader's schema so that each individual has a unique dialogue with Joyce's thoughts and takes something different away. Most of all in a book I am looking for rawness, and an attempt to understand the true nature of the individual. Joyce is a trailblazer in this—we as readers come to terms with his conceptualization of the world through his work. In other words, we are exploring through Joyce's exploration.
Like T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf, Joyce uses a vast (and incredible) array of knowledge to craft his great work, drawing inspiration from "the canon," and using Shakespeare and Homer as the foundation for a view of the world and how we ought to interact with it. I will continue reading Ulysses throughout my life, each time with a hope of discovering more about Joyce, myself, and the world.