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average man. "With a plot furnished by Homer,
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against a setting by Dante,
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and with characters motivated by Shakespeare,
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Ulysses is really not as difficult to comprehend as
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critics like to pretend."
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This is like saying "dress by Prada, shoes by Ferragamo."
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It's as if there are brands-- Dante, Shakespeare, Homer--
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that are identifiable.
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They're familiar,and-- what's more--
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they carry with it that sense of cultural capital.
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So what do I mean by cultural capital?
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It's that knowledge