When the subversiveness of James Joyce’s Ulysses is spoken of, most people jump to the book’s alleged pornography and to the obscenity trials that lend credence to that legend. While the pornographic element is certainly present in the text, Joyce’s florid prose renders actions that may be lewd in execution as poetry on the page (ex.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
