Stendhal is exhausting and bracing because his energy is relentless and directed relentlessly to one end: the refusal of … More
Tag: narration
244. (Stendhal)
Stendhal’s narration is a perpetual mystery of European literature; it goes hand in hand with his characterization (as narration usually … More
115. (Italo Svevo)
Italo Svevo, whose talent was recognized and whose career was partially rescued by Joyce, is not much read nowadays. Joyce’s … More
80. (James Joyce)
A third and final try at the puzzle of variations of style in Ulysses, starting once more with the stopped … More
79. (James Joyce)
Once, in a graduate seminar on Chaucer, flailing and frustrated with the chatter, I blurted out to the professor, most … More
78. (James Joyce)
Pastiche, farce, and imitation flood Ulysses at 4:30 p.m, around the time Blazes sleeps with Molly Bloom, and at the time … More
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