PLISSAMAN wrote:
I truly can't believe anyone, even a Friamer, could pick up the volume cold and derive anything from it. Am I alone in my ignorance? We shall see, Peter; we shall see! Nick From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FRIAM] The snotgreen, scrotum-tightening sea! a well known quote -- it's the on fourth page of Joyce's masterpiece, as I trow all Friamers must know. I loved the "bestbeloved bestbook bash", and was amazed that Ulysses headed the list. It is indeed great literature, or so they say, but how does an ordinary yobbo read it? I was educated in the tongue that Shakespeare spake, where he did, in fact, and always thought, with youthful snobbery, I would gain something from this monumental tome. I had a special interest in that my great uncle, a Dubliner, had known the real Buck Mulligan personally, ("but not Mr. Joyce", as he respectfully qualified) and so in grad school I took a course on the book. Formidable, but overwhelming! I understand it a leetle now, thanks to the patient tutoring of Hallett Smith (he wrote the definitive stuff on the Sonnets), but really not very profoundly. I truly can't believe anyone, even a Friamer, could pick up the volume cold and derive anything from it. Am I alone in my ignorance? Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505,USA tel:(505)983-7728
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