exactly. It also reminded me of Thomas Kuhn's idea of paradigm shifts - if nothing else, Joyce definitely represented a new paradigm, so representatives of the

exactly. It also reminded me of Thomas Kuhn's idea of paradigm shifts - if nothing else, Joyce definitely represented a new paradigm, so representatives of the old would have scorned/ not understood him. Does not make his work better or worse, but explains why radically new approaches often meet with scepticism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift