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otonneau
I never said that. But I think that you are not in good faith, or you are simply misreading. James Joyce practices stream of consciousness (but not always: Ulysses and FInnegan's Wake are examples of stream of consciousness, but Dubliners isn't). Similarily, Dylan does it sometimes but not others.
Now as explained above, Stream of Consciousness is a specific type of writing with specific features which are not met by "I'm Reading James Joyce". That's it. Sorry, I'd make it more clear but I'd need a blackboard and a pen.
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otonneau
Well I'd lecture you on irony as well and explain that as a rhetorical figure, it does not involve purposefully misunderstanding your opponent's point in order to pretend that he misses it - but I think more than one trope per day would be too much for a healthy intellectual diet, don't you agree.
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jlowe
On the subject of Joyce, John Lennon once said he tried to read Ulysees but could not get past the first few pages.
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Rockman
Bob is one of the greats of our time in name dropping .... Whether one
takes it as educational or just plain ole showing-off is completely up to the individual I guess...
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Rockman
Woody Allen is another .... subtle but it's there in nearly all his work
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Rockman
Hey that's chippin' low on the log ta get a gag......
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otonneau
So I listened to Things have changed and Most of the Time, and rather enjoyed it I must say. I actually saw the video of the first song too, which I thought was very good. I will probably never get to play these songs on a regular basis (because I still think the music is nothing special and the voice not to my taste), but it was good to hear some nice Bob words, and indeed they are rather funny in place. So I take some of my damning comments back! Maintaining, though, that there is also this pompous thread in his works which really annoys me (for instance I thought he was annoying in No Direction Home in the way he told his own story). But I'm glad I heard more endearing things from a singer who, after all, I've listened to a lot and play on the guitar and so on, and generally admire very much.