So you'd subscribe to (g) in his list of possible interpretations: (g) The reliable readiness of critics, doctoral candidates, and know-it-alls to enshrine dif

So you'd subscribe to (g) in his list of possible interpretations: (g) The reliable readiness of critics, doctoral candidates, and know-it-alls to enshrine difficulty for its own sake, to rise to the bait of erudite obscurity that Joyce laid for us in this, the greatest literary prank ever played (outside of revealed religion).