tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post4271629143548515169..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: James Joyce: Comedy, and Irony as Principle-WeaponJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-61270018257247350682010-02-05T06:24:17.583-06:002010-02-05T06:24:17.583-06:00Hmm--That last comment was/is mine: John B.'s....Hmm--That last comment was/is mine: John B.'s. Not sure how it became that all-time most prolific writer's . . .John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-89487239790622904642010-02-05T06:22:08.041-06:002010-02-05T06:22:08.041-06:00Jim,
That slaktavist passage, especially the secon...Jim,<br />That slaktavist passage, especially the second paragraph, is crucial, and it echoes something I feel poking at me from within: That Christianity (or something essential about it) is comedic in its nature. It's clearly present in Mary's Magnificat; and here's Paul, crystallizing the essence of the meaning of Jesus: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-65695347945664827682010-02-04T11:52:56.870-06:002010-02-04T11:52:56.870-06:00Your definition of comedy as principle-weapon remi...Your definition of comedy as principle-weapon reminds me of this paragraph from a <a href="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2009/04/tf-not-funny.html" rel="nofollow">slacktavist</a> reading of the <i>Left Behind</i> left behind series I cut-&-pasted into a text edit file a month or two ago: <br /><br />"Comedy is essentially revolutionary. This scene is counter-revolutionary. Jim Slighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376560599362480193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-68981636652888114742010-02-04T10:20:28.293-06:002010-02-04T10:20:28.293-06:00Randall,
You won't. And, moreover, I hope som...Randall,<br />You won't. And, moreover, I hope someone will push back a little to force me to think more (care)fully about some of these things. I have some ideas about all this, of course, but I'd prefer to wait a bit so they sound at least doughy rather than half-baked.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-22034741767087678732010-02-04T09:42:09.783-06:002010-02-04T09:42:09.783-06:00I've got to think about this a bit, if for no ...I've got to think about this a bit, if for no other reason than I do not wish to sound like and idiot.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-20418656105581517052010-02-04T08:19:58.710-06:002010-02-04T08:19:58.710-06:00emawkc,
Thanks for stopping by.
Oh, that I had the...emawkc,<br />Thanks for stopping by.<br />Oh, that I had the same influence over my students that seem to have over you.<br /><br />I first tried to read <i>Portrait</i> when I was in high school. At the time, I knew nothing about turn-of-the-century Irish politics or Catholicism (and still don't know much, except through Joyce), so it was rough going, and I (still) don't pretend I get John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-3150255195040185912010-02-03T10:44:10.825-06:002010-02-03T10:44:10.825-06:00The only Joyce work I've read is Dubliners. I&...The only Joyce work I've read is Dubliners. I've heard it's the most "accessible" of his books. But it's probably time I tackle some of his other work. <br /><br />Thanks to you it's on the list. Just have to finish the compilation of Salinger short stories I picked up at the used book store the other day.<br /><br />How is it that you're assigning reading to me FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com