![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He didn’t even know who the man in the brown mackintosh was. I once gave a student a C-minus, or perhaps a D-plus, just for applying to its chapters the titles borrowed from Homer while not even noticing the comings and goings of the man in the brown mackintosh. Whether or not you look at these one star Amazon reviews of the novel first is entirely your business.įOR: Ulysses, of course, is a divine work of art and will live on despite the academic nonentities who turn it into a collection of symbols or Greek myths. How would I know this, you ask? Well, they said so. In the final tally of opinions, we’ve come up with a tie-11 for and 11 against-so you will have to decide for yourself how you feel. In fact, many readers-and even many big-name writers-dislike or even loathe Joyce’s masterpiece. But it’s not as universally loved as it seems. Ulysses is constantly named by writers and readers as a life- and mind-changing novel, and frequently tops lists of best-ever books. It’s also Joyce’s birthday, by the way, and no-that isn’t a coincidence. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of James Joyce’s Ulysses-it was first serialized in The Little Review between March 1918 and December 1920-and today is the 96th anniversary of its very first publication in book form, by Sylvia Beach. ![]()
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