Contents Sources Campbell and Robinson’s A Skeleton Key to Finnegan’s Wake Tindall’s A Reader’s Guide to Finnegans Wake Combined Lexicon and Occasional Summaries from Glosses of Finnegans Wake (finwake.com) and Roland McHugh’s Annotations to Finnegans Wake 100 Words [Note: My speculation will always appear in brackets so that you can easily ignore it.] Sources Pages 90.34Continue reading “(FW) Finnegans Wake: Throwing Whimsey around Like Blazes pp 90.34- 92.05.”
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(N) With a Legendary Poet and Playwright in Madrid (and García Lorca isn’t bad either)
Lucilla Macacchi introduced us to the Literary Quarter of Madrid, home to Cervantes, García Lorca and other lettered luminaries. There we talked about her most recent book, MORIRE È UN’ARTE: Sylvia Plath e Anne Sexton, a blend of biography and poetic exploration. The book is currently available in Italian (but is translatable fromContinue reading “(N) With a Legendary Poet and Playwright in Madrid (and García Lorca isn’t bad either)”
The Semi-Unofficial Luggage Tag Adds a Subterranean Episode to Its Odyssey
Recently, the “Comfort in Travel” (Consolatio in Peregrinatione) luggage tag was observed in Gaudix, España where I joined other troglodytes in slack-jawed, slope-skulled hunting-gathering. When driving through the Spanish province of Granada, the passerby can’t help but notice the caves dotting the Sierra Nevadas. Bronze Age settlers in the area may have been the predecessorsContinue reading “The Semi-Unofficial Luggage Tag Adds a Subterranean Episode to Its Odyssey”
(U) Ulysses, “Penelope,” Episode 18~pp 723-83
Gibraltar on the Liffey copyright (c) don ward 2020 Episode References from Stuart Gilbert’s James Joyce’s Ulysses Title: Penelope Scene: The Bed Time: (none) Organ: Flesh Art: (none) Colour: (none) Symbol: Earth Technic: Monologue (female) One favorite among many quotes Wake,/ Wake up, dear child! Penélopê, calm down,/ See with your own eyes what allContinue reading “(U) Ulysses, “Penelope,” Episode 18~pp 723-83″
(FW) Finnegans Wake: Throwing Whimsey around Like Blazes pp 90.01-90.33
Contents Log A Key to Pagination [Page nn-] The page begun at the previous monthly session but not completed. [Page nn] A full page completed. [Page nn+] a page with one paragraph completed but the page incomplete. Sources Campbell and Robinson’s A Skeleton Key to Finnegan’s Wake Tindall’s A Reader’s Guide to Finnegans Wake CombinedContinue reading “(FW) Finnegans Wake: Throwing Whimsey around Like Blazes pp 90.01-90.33”
(N) Bloomsday’23, Are You Out There?
I’ve been led into conversations about Bloomsday ’23 already. I’ve also seen a flyer about a celebration in Ireland and recently a few readers accessed archived posts about the Great Day from years past. Clearly, it’s time for me to whittle and whistle a plan for 2023’s Bloomsian Bookish Brawl and Bruhaha. Montreal’s Festival BloomsdayContinue reading “(N) Bloomsday’23, Are You Out There?”
(U) Ulysses, “Aeolus,” Episode 7, ~pp 117-48
Episode References from Stuart Gilbert’s James Joyce’s Ulysses Title: Aeolus Scene: The Newspaper Time: 12 noon Organ: Lungs Art: Rhetoric Colour: Red Symbol: Editor Technic: Enthymemic “EXTRA!” Quotes ” Anne Kearns has the lumbago for which she rubs on Lourdes water given her by a lady who got a bottleful from a passionist father. FlorenceContinue reading “(U) Ulysses, “Aeolus,” Episode 7, ~pp 117-48″
(U) Ulysses, “Telemachus,” Episode 1~pp. 2-23.
Episode References from Stuart Gilbert’s James Joyce’s Ulysses. Title: Telemachus Scene: The Tower Hour: 8 a.m. Organ: (none) Art: Theology Colour: White, gold Symbol: Heir Technic: Narrative (young) One Favorite Quote among Many “Horn of a bull, hoof of a horse, smile of a Saxon.” Stephen’s dangers to the Irish. What’s Important? TheContinue reading “(U) Ulysses, “Telemachus,” Episode 1~pp. 2-23.”
(FW) Finnegans Wake: Throwing Whimsy around Like Blazes pp 89.01- 90.01
Contents Log A Key to Pagination [Page nn-] The page begun at the previous monthly session but not completed. [Page nn] A full page completed. [Page nn+] a page with one paragraph completed but the page incomplete. Sources Campbell and Robinson’s A Skeleton Key to Finnegan’s Wake Tindall’s A Reader’s Guide to Finnegans Wake CombinedContinue reading “(FW) Finnegans Wake: Throwing Whimsy around Like Blazes pp 89.01- 90.01”
(JJRC) James Joyce Reading Circle Readership by Nation January, 2023
Afghanastan 0.0% Algeria 0.0% Albania 6 0.5% Andora 0.0% Azerbaijan 0.0% Argentina 4 0.3% Austria 1 0.1% Australia 42 3.5% Bangladesh 1 0.1% Barbados 1 0.1% Belgium 4 0.3% Benin 0.0% Bosnia/Herz 0.0% Brazil 25 2.1% Bulgaria 0.0% Canada 18 1.5% Chile 0.0% China 7 0.6% Columbia 3 0.2% Croatia 0.0% Czech Republic 0.0% DenmarkContinue reading “(JJRC) James Joyce Reading Circle Readership by Nation January, 2023”
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