Nola Tully:
Joyce felt that his true contemporary audience was the other writers and artists of his day and remained steadfast in his campaign to have his work read. He wrote letters, collected the reviews, and monitored every detail of the Ulysses saga. The more heated the response, the more it pleased him. He sent copies to friends and acquaintances. His friend Robert McAlmon wrote a review without bothering to finish the book, and informed Joyce he was planning to throw Ulysses out the window. Joyce wrote back, “Don’t throw Ulysses out the window as you threaten. Pyrrhus was killed in Argos like that. Also Socrates might be passing in the street.”
