June 16, 2004

We're Looking for the Hidden Jokes in Homer

David Kipen: "That's the Joyce I recognize. Not the mandarin classicist who finds slang and pidgin "frightful," but the omnivore who knew dirty jokes in 30 languages. My Joyce knows that the punchiest remedies are mixtures: of high and low, of songs and of tongues. Just you try it on."

Posted by DrMabuse at June 16, 2004 09:21 AM
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