As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to look closely at part of a sentence in The Ondt and the Gracehoper. Years ago, I felt compelled to make notes on this sentence — which describes the Ondt “swarming of himself in his sunnyroom” — when I was living in a house with a sunroom.
Continue readingIn an effort to make this blog as popular as possible, I will be discussing here an obscure 1947 film noir and making tenuous connections between it and James Joyce’s little-read and little-understood mysterious final novel.
It’s sure to bring readers in droves!
In all seriousness, I recently viewed Nightmare Alley (1947), and since my brain is obsessed with the structure of Finnegans Wake, I ended up viewing it as a fall, rise, fall story whose themes are addressed by Joyce’s novel. I thought it would be interesting to write about here.
Continue readingHere’s another frivolous post, even sillier than my last one. More serious content is coming shortly.
Continue readingThis is a silly post that speculates (half seriously) that James Joyce is responsible for Star Wars.
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The Suspended Sentence 