Maximally Perverse Obscurantism
3 Quarks Daily • 2/4/2026
Summary
Paul Grimstad at The Baffler discusses a chapter in Ulysses titled “Oxen of the Sun.” This chapter features a pastiche of the evolution of English prose and serves as an allegory for the nine months of fetal gestation.
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