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16203933 No.16203933 [Reply] [Original]

What do I need to have read to catch the references?

>> No.16203965
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16203965

>>16203933
Gaelic

>> No.16203978

just read it, if you're actually meant to get Ulysses, you're going to read it multiple times over anyway. nothing you can do is going to prepare you more for understanding the book then giving it an actual go

>> No.16203985

>>16203978
pretty based

>> No.16204092

>>16203933
As long as you've read the Bible, Hamlet and Homer, you're fine.

>> No.16204292
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>>16203933
I also want to read Ulysses and I'm trying to get a good reading foundation before I start because I want to see how it holds up as "One of the greatest literary works in history." I've been using this chart from the wiki in the pinned post as a guide. Additionally, I'm also doing some ancillary reading for the books in the picture as well. For example, before I read the Odyssey, I used the Greek chart and read Mythology by Edith Hamilton, The Trojan War: A New History by Barry S. Strauss and I am currently reading the Iliad. After the Greeks, I was also planning on reading The Aeneid before The Divine Comedy. I don't think all these are 100% required to read Ulysses but this is how I'm choosing to go about it.

>> No.16204323

>>16204292
>no bible

>> No.16204362

>What do I need to have read to catch the references?
the notes

>> No.16204385

>>16204323
Not including the Bible for chart might be bad but, personally I have that covered.

>> No.16205794

>>16204292
Imagine reading all this stuff, only for it to culminate with shit like Ulysses

>> No.16205968

>>16205794
The non-Joyce stuff you need to read anything anyway

>> No.16205974

>>16203933
There are many references, some of which I'm sure we'll never figure out since I feel like Joyce put in some in-jokes. Still, you're good to go if you've read the following stuff:
>The Odyssey
>Dubliners
>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
>Hamlet
Be sure to use the annotations from the joyce project site. You can also use a companion book.
Read slowly and carefully and don't worry about not understanding everything. The book is a masterpiece filled with many great references. It's also a very fun read since there's so much variety (each chapter has a different style, which you'll see).

>> No.16205987

>>16203933
you probably have to read the book