VL--IV Passivity, more active thoughts

[bandwraith at aol.com]

Fading into obscurity does not mean that they weren't good.
It means that they may not have become popular if Joyce
had not found away to become famous, and not just with
a small group of elite readers. Ulysses did that for him. The
obscenity trial probably didn't hurt, either.

I like Joyce, and I'm sure his reputation will not suffer from
me poking fun at The Dead on the P-List. I stand by my
assertion that Gabriel and Michael are meant to at least
be avatars of those same arch-angels, and, that Joyce is,
in a sly way, giving Gabriel the upper hand, over the usually
dominant Michael. The heavenly hierarchy is re-adjusted.

Thanks for not calling me stupid, although, feel free if
it makes you feel better. I've been called worse, and I'm
already obscure, so-


-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: bandwraith at aol.com
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:53 am
Subject: Re: VL--IV Passivity, more active thoughts



I won't call you stupid, but this statement is ridiculous.  Joyce was
a genius of language, construction and character.  His only rival, as
he himself knew, was Shakespeare.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:46 PM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> Dubliners would most likely have faded into obscurity if Joyce had 
not managed
to pull off Ulysses.