What do Stephen and Bloom have in common with Austria-Hungary?

Topics in this episode include Stephen delivering Mr. Deasy’s letter, Stephen’s vampire poem, Crawford dunks on Mr. Deasy, a cure for foot and mouth disease, the assassination attempt against Emperor Franz Josef, Maximilian Karl O’Donnell, graf von Tirconnell’s heroic defense of the Emperor, the Flight of the Earls and the Wild Geese, the Habsburgs, Ireland’s historic affinity for Hungary, Arthur Griffith’s Hungary Policy, hypostasis, Leopold Bloom’s connection to the Habsburgs, whether or not Bloom first had the idea for Sinn Fein, the barflies in Barney Kiernan’s thoughts on Hungary, Joyce’s own thoughts on Griffith’s Hungary Policy, and the inherent problems of nationalism.

Leopold Bloom in the House of Habsburg

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