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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 00:05:02 -0800
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From: Jack Kolb <kolb@ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: beautiful language
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A perfect exposure of yourself, Willett.  I can't imagine your teaching
Joyce "successfully," since you obviously have no sympathy for him.  I'm
just sorry for your students.

You've overextended yourself, my dear friend (and you are--on many
occasions).  I find this spleen rather pitiable.  Rant on, if you wish.
Cheers, Jack.

>> So much for your opinion of literature, Willett.  This shows that whoever
>> taught you Ulysses (yourself?) spoiled it for you.  Ulysses is the great
>> humane epic of this century.  Your glibness betrays you: you haven't read
>> the book: you've just read the commentary.
>
>Spare me the wrath of the gored idolaters.  I've read the thing more 
>than once, and indeed, all of Joyce several times--for all that Kolb 
>would know.  And taught him, too, quite successfully without letting 
>my personal opinions intrude.  Negative opinions about literary 
>works are not tantamount to slanders that necessitate a convulsion 
>of--let me say quite asinine--aesthetic righteousness.      
>
>  
>==========================================
>Steven J. Willett
>University of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu Campus
>2-3 Nunohashi 3-chome
>Hamamatsu City, Japan 432-8012
>Voice: (53) 457-4514; Fax: (53) 457-4514
>Japan email: steven@sizcol1.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
>US email: sjwillett@earthlink.net

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