I don't agree that contemporary literature in Joyce's time was as challenging to read as Ulysses. Many of the typical selections presented with Joyce are much e

I don't agree that contemporary literature in Joyce's time was as challenging to read as Ulysses. Many of the typical selections presented with Joyce are much easier reads - even stuff like Catch 22. The construction of Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake especially make it seem that this style of writing was deliberate. I can say it makes these books unique, as few other authors try and capture the style of the mind of a drunk man wandering down the street and then taking a piss. But taking that and trying to add it into the serious culture of literature makes me skeptical of the curators, who seem to have an undue fondness for drunk pissing.