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Anti-Semitism: Bob What you have written will surely help me when I start reading it next week. Now it is too early for me to say anything on section 2. I did glance through ityesterday, and was surprised very much at the anti-semitic views expressed in the section. What is the reason behind that? Chandra Chandra, Joyce depicts many anti-Semitic types in Ulysses. The anti-Semites were always those that he didn't like. Anti-Semitism to Joyce was the sign of abysmal stupidity. Although some of his characters are casual about it, the ones that he disliked intensely are virulent. Bob In some ways the "anti-Semitic" views set up a later character named Bloom and what others will think of him. In Ulysses Annotated it is said that In 1901 3,769 Jews lived in Ireland or 0.08 percent of the population. This would be a rather small part of the population. This also sets up an irony that Stephen feels as if he is an outsider while in his own home/home land. Mike Bob You said "The anti-Semites were always those that he didn't like. Anti-Semitism to Joyce was the sign of abysmal stupidity." May I ask what the basis of this 'belief' is? Not that I doubt what you say, but I remember having read a couple of years ago of a conference in USA where it was charged that Joyce had anti-semitic views. Or is what remember wrong? It is not that I want to start a discussion on this topic, but just want to have a clearer picture. Chandra |