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- Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:22 pm
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- Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:50 pm
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That's encouraging. I've spent the last 6 months absorbing everything Joseph Campbell ever said, and he mentions Joyce as one of his favorite writers a lot so I'm motivated to get through it. I could have probably picked something more accessible to start, but where's the fun in that? Also Ulysses is all I've got.
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:15 pm
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I got through three chapters of Ulysses, but each was more difficult to grasp than the last. I figured I could delay my confusion by getting reacquainted with the allusions.
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:05 pm
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I started reading Ulysses, but felt like it had been too long since I last read The Odyssey, and then remembered I never finished The Iliad when I picked it up a few years ago. I've spent the weekend diving into Homer so that I can finally introduce myself to Joyce later.
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:04 pm
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I like a good story
I'm reading Paradise Lost mainly because i'm about to graduate college with a degree in English, but i've gone my entire academic career without reading it, one of the biggest fixtures in the English canon. It did not feel right. I have enjoyed it so far.
I'm reading Paradise Lost mainly because i'm about to graduate college with a degree in English, but i've gone my entire academic career without reading it, one of the biggest fixtures in the English canon. It did not feel right. I have enjoyed it so far.
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:44 pm
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you're the mod!
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:07 pm
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I need help, Syndicate! I just got back from a wonderful two week vacation during which I did no reading at all. Before I left, I had just finished book 6 of Paradise Lost. While I was on vacation, however, I found in a book store "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" by JRR Tolkien, and obscure piece of nerdity that I've been wanting to get my hands on for a number of years. It's a lovely day outside and something needs to be read. Do I continue with Milton, or do I indulge in my Tolkien excitement?