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Symbols include: flowers, mire, and un-.
At the end of Ch. IV, Joyce reaches the heights of which I have only read in Goethe and the most cleaving, brilliant lines of Blake. Stephen's exaltations about the state of life, of self-given and self-received grace, and the absolute infinitude of Life are universal, obviously beautiful, and almost incomparable in their accuracy.
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At the end of Ch. IV, Joyce reaches the heights of which I have only read in Goethe and the most cleaving, brilliant lines of Blake. Stephen's exaltations about the state of life, of self-given and self-received grace, and the absolute infinitude of Life are universal, obviously beautiful, and almost incomparable in their accuracy.
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Motifs of veils, films, and cows/cattle.
Jesuit sermon was not boring, but quite terrifying
I quite appreciate Steven's relief at being alive, and his general realization about the tranquility of laboring among others; that contrition is not gone as you live, and that man--together--is a loving, slightly bovine race. Moo!
— Aug 01, 2026 02:52AM
Jesuit sermon was not boring, but quite terrifying
I quite appreciate Steven's relief at being alive, and his general realization about the tranquility of laboring among others; that contrition is not gone as you live, and that man--together--is a loving, slightly bovine race. Moo!
Ronin
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I think the Christmas dinner conversation is a perfect practical example of why engaging with political issues in a lucid way tends to make literature more beautiful and less pocky.
Also, as it pertains to my own writing, I am surprised at how many things I thought were inventions were not so: e.g. portrait-lined hallways and lifting a celebrated boy in the air!, etc.
— Jul 21, 2026 11:07PM
Also, as it pertains to my own writing, I am surprised at how many things I thought were inventions were not so: e.g. portrait-lined hallways and lifting a celebrated boy in the air!, etc.
Ronin
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Okay Hegelian👀...(but actually I looked it up and apparently Joyce was more intereted in Aristotle, but Hegel inherited much from Aristotle, so ... !).
Also lots of War of the Roses/Restoration content--interesting, interesting.
I like Stephen as a young lad and hope he doesn't turn haughty or too mean; I will forgive him if he does.
— Jul 21, 2026 02:09AM
Also lots of War of the Roses/Restoration content--interesting, interesting.
I like Stephen as a young lad and hope he doesn't turn haughty or too mean; I will forgive him if he does.