HW. Entropy tango./E. Bloom

Hardman DK D.K.Hardman at CITY.AC.UK
Fri Jan 19 05:55:25 EST 1996


>
> I think (knowing Moorcock's concept of his own writing as a "serious"
> literary writer) you also need to bear in mind the character of Leopold
> Bloom - the modern Odysseus hero of James Joyce's "Ulysses".   This
> is one of the great classics of 20thC Literature and I can't believe
> Moorcock would have passed up the opportunity of using such a character.
> I quote from a bit of lit.crit I just found:
>[snippety-snip...]


Actually, the bits in Moorcock books where long lists of names are given
- Bloom among them - are straight out of Ulysses, so I think your thesis
above is highly plausible.

Dave



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