ABSTRACT
How does it happen that America should have become the chief infirmary for Joyceans? The answer is because America is the country par excellence of the detective story, the crossword puzzle, and the smoke signal. All these are supplied by Ulysses. Here, too, where mental homes are numerous, are to be found that unique class who think that the unravelling of an enigma or a puzzle is the height of poetry. The snake pits have become vocal….
