embodies “Ireland’s wrongs and England’s perfidy” (275). To return to my proposed epigraph, what would readers make of the phrase’s four opening words: “A man of genius”? “[G]enius” may be an extravagant epithet to use in relation to MacCabe, but it would not be entirely unfounded. The fact that Oxford University Press was willing to publish what is, essentially, MacCabe’s odds and ends may, for some, be reason enough to grant him such a high appellation. Perpetual Carnival is, at least, a welcome reminder of MacCabe’s worth as a writer, his ease with words, his flair for truly innovative interdisciplinary thinking, and his passionate defense of his field. Thus, I stand by the aptness of my proposed Joycean epigraph and await its appearance in the second edition of Perpetual Carnival, should Oxford University Press be prudent enough to publish one.

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打字机、炸弹、水母：汤姆·麦卡锡的随笔

体现了“爱尔兰的错误和英格兰的背信弃义”（275）。回到我提议的题词，读者会如何看待这句话的四个开头词：“天才之人”？“[G]enius”对于 MacCabe 来说可能是一个奢侈的绰号，但也并非完全没有根据。事实上，牛津大学出版社愿意出版基本上是 MacCabe 的零碎故事，对于某些人来说，这可能足以让他获得如此高的评价。Perpetual Carnival 至少是对 MacCabe 作为一名作家的价值、他的轻松言辞、他真正创新的跨学科思维的天赋以及他对自己领域的热情捍卫的值得欢迎的提醒。因此，我支持我提议的乔伊斯题词的恰当性，并等待它在 Perpetual Carnival 的第二版中出现，如果牛津大学出版社足够谨慎地出版它的话。