http://junyent.org/2007/02/25/junyentorg-coins/ I'll send an SOS to the world.... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta1 http://junyent.org/2007/02/25/junyentorg-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-96232 Trapti Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:26:35 +0000 http://junyent.org/2007/02/25/junyentorg-coins/#comment-96232 I've read Ulysses once and loved it. I satrted out reading the novel along with Richard Ellman's bio of Joyce (many regard it as the best bio written in the last century, and it is indeed truly outstanding) and Gifford's Ulysses Annotated. I abandoned the Giffords book midstream, however, and turned instead to the Ulysses chapter in Nabokov's Lectures on Literature as a guide. This was the best decision I could have made, and I don't know that I would have finished the novel without it. Whereas the massive Giffords book bogged me down with all the (admittedly impressive) detail, using Nabokov's much shorter lectures as a guide was pure pleasure. Maybe you won't catch all the references Joyce put into the book this way, and maybe you'll disagree with some of his conclusions about Ulysses (as I recall, N. is convinced that the mysterious man in the macintosh was Joyce himself), but seriously, you can't ask for a wittier or more engaging companion that Nabokov. I felt like I was reading the book along with him. Very highly recommended! In any case, good luck, and enjoy, no matter which guide you choose! I hope you'll share your thoughts on the book as you progress! I’ve read Ulysses once and loved it. I satrted out reading the novel along with Richard Ellman’s bio of Joyce (many regard it as the best bio written in the last century, and it is indeed truly outstanding) and Gifford’s Ulysses Annotated. I abandoned the Giffords book midstream, however, and turned instead to the Ulysses chapter in Nabokov’s Lectures on Literature as a guide. This was the best decision I could have made, and I don’t know that I would have finished the novel without it. Whereas the massive Giffords book bogged me down with all the (admittedly impressive) detail, using Nabokov’s much shorter lectures as a guide was pure pleasure. Maybe you won’t catch all the references Joyce put into the book this way, and maybe you’ll disagree with some of his conclusions about Ulysses (as I recall, N. is convinced that the mysterious man in the macintosh was Joyce himself), but seriously, you can’t ask for a wittier or more engaging companion that Nabokov. I felt like I was reading the book along with him. Very highly recommended! In any case, good luck, and enjoy, no matter which guide you choose! I hope you’ll share your thoughts on the book as you progress!

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