Ulysses Finds Himself Unchanged, Aside

Man's Usual Routine Is To Work And To Dream And Work And Dream.

The Odyssey Is The Story Of Americans Up To The Point Where They Are Well-established, And Even So It Is Detached From The Historical Side.

The Poet Is Never Inspired, Because He Is The Master Of That Which Appears To Others As Inspiration. He Does Not Wait For Inspiration To Fall Out Of The Heavens Like Roasted Ortolans. He Knows How To Hunt...he Is Never Inspired Because He Is Unceasingly Inspired, Because The Powers Of Poetry Are Always At His Disposition, Subjected To His Will, Submissive To His Own Activity.

We Have Gotten Away From This Double Aspect Of Either Putting The Character Back Into Historical Events Or Of Making A Historical Event Of His Very Life.

To Have One's Own Story Told By A Third Party Who Doesn't Know That The Character In Question Is Himself The Hero Of The Story Being Told, That's A Technical Refinement.