Where to start with Joyce

[David Morris]

I agree.  Dubliners is a masterpiece in it's own right.

Portrait is great, but maybe "transitional?"

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Dubliners, to see his complete handling of scenes, of focussed themes, of
> Others...to see him fulfill traditional
> short story criteria yet extend and fulfill it......to remember, when you
> read Ulysses, where his observation
> of Dublin life started......
>
> Then Portrait to enter the mind of the artist, the deeper narcissism and personal
> themes that Ulysses fulfills....
>
>   *From:* Jude Bloom <jude at bloomradio.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'jude at bloomradio.com');>>
> *To:* P-list List <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:24 PM
> *Subject:* Where to start with Joyce
>
> If you were going to advise someone, no that you would excess airily, that
> was sposed to be necessarily but I like the autocorrect better... Anyway
> where would you tell someone to start with Joyce, Dubliners or Portrait of
> the Artist and why.
>
> J
>
>
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