To the tune of: At Swim Two Birds – Coda
Joyce, 1918
James Joyce’s Ulysses is an acclaimed masterpiece, one of the key works of the 20th century. Joyce himself was a peripatetic piratical genius, wandering the world dispensing wisdom and blarney in his white suit and eye-patch. Or so my English teacher told me. I think he was both dull and a bit of a git, but I guess when your face is against the window, there’s no room for reflection.
Why did that critical 1920s generation say Ulysses was so good? Well, it was the longest of [more...]
