the porous city

Reading the Encyclopedia Dementia
"That is why Joyce's characters remain artificial constructs, their thoughts and motives -- they cannot properly be said to have feelings ..."

What an asshole thing to say. This essay makes much more sense if you realize that it's mostly about a reader's frustrated desire to conquer a text.

Update: ok ... sorry, I needed some time to breathe. It's a disturbing essay, and it makes a good point about a certain tug the reader experiences towards aborbing and being absorbed by more and more of the book. I'll have to think about it.


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