[ExI] John C. Wright Interview

[Jef Allbright]

On Jan 25, 2008 4:31 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 04:12 PM 1/25/2008 -0800, Lee quoted Wright:
>
> >It ["Ulysses"] has the same relationship to a real novel as a Rorschach
> >     blot has to a real painting. As in a Rorschach blot, any meaning,
> >     including parallels to the Odyssey, can be invented freely by critics
> >     and students of literature and shoehorned to fit.
> >
> >I'd really appreciate the opinion of anyone who's read the book, or has some
> >independent knowledge about it.
>
> Does this look like gibberish to anyone except a Philistine? It might
> be *rude* and *awful* and *degraded* (and realistic), but it's
> wonderful--and it helps to have a brilliant woman actress read it in
> an Irish accent:

Seems valid **art** to me. And I rather enjoy the last several lines.

- Jef