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How does one read this? Clearly conventional methods don't work. The man has obliterated writing into sensory experience, "mouth-feel", pure aesthetics, no regard for even a singular language (apparently words from 45 different languages are used), grammar or recognizable syntactic structure.
Commentary? If so which is best? And if not, where do I start?
>inb4 the greeks
Is it possible, that the entirety of western literature is encompassed in this single book? Does one read this to understand all else, or all else, to understand this? Is it even possible to understand this if one isn't Joyce himself?
Is Ulysses better?
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>>8837910
google fweet. Read an arbitrary section, fweet it, then read it again.
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the greeks, history of europe, ireland and dublin, read his whole oeuvre before attempting, have a deep knowledge of art and philosophy, and most importantly realize it's an intricate autistic puzzle written by a man slave to his own genius, don't be mad if you don't get it. have fun.
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>>8837910
it was written to be read and felt, not studied and analyzed
its cruel to analysts, not readers.
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>>8837952
Bullcrap. It was clearly, clearly written for both.
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>>8837961
the obscurantism isn't a treat, its a defense against the academics that want to dissect and kill works
layers and layers of meaning are meant to blur together for moments of complex but implacable feeling.
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>How does one read this?
You don't. It's perfectly inane.
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>>8837976
>the obscurantism isn't a treat
Maybe for your low power levels of autism. FW is the most enjoyable piece of literature I've ever read precisely because of the puzzle of the duodecuple+ layering. It's not meant to be "solved" perhaps, but grappling with it makes that complex but implacable feeling more intense and tangible.
We can agree to disagree, both arguments are unprovable.
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>>8837985
>gonna need you to go back to r/books right now
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>>8838072
>plebs trying to thunderword
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>>8838081
Renol-daga ban tofumfi gabibabi?
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>>8837985
>books are for enjoying
>no we have to analyse them and pretend to be smart, pseud; go back to r/books
guess who sounds pseudier
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>>8838100
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>>8838112
DUDE 420 BLAZE IT LMAO
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