Ms Beach had this to say re: Hemingway.
Now it’s no secret that the hero Ulysses has friends high up, or, rather, a friend—in fact, the Goddess Minerva. She appears now in one, now in another, disguise. This time it was in the very male form of Ernest Hemingway.
Dontcha just love the people who truly understand the importance of arts and literature? Ms Beach knew Joyce’s work was absolutely vital to literature’s progress; she made nothing off Ulysses’ publication. I think she even lost money.
Disclaimer: I’ve read a fair amount of Joyce, and I’m not much of a fan. I can’t/won’t deny the effect he had on literature, however.
