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Why is this Bloomsday different from all other Bloomsdays?
Topics in this episode include orthography, Dermot’s recollections of working in graphic design, the saving grace of calligraphy, spellingbee conundrums, dayfathers, nightfathers, Old Monks, unions, an obituary surprise, Passover and how it shows up in Ulysses, Rudolph Bloom’s Haggadah, how Charlton Heston traumatized us as children, seders, the oddity of a Catholic seder, embroideration, Bloom’s youthful atheism, the wisdom to be found in Bloom’s malapropisms, Bloom’s shocking lack of knowledge about Judaism, Chad Gadya, what Joyce knew about Passover, hypostasis, how Stephen Dedalus accidentally celebrates Passover, Ulysses as “an epic of two races,” and how Ulysses functions as an Irish Haggadah.
Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.On the Blog:AND IT WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER
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Why is this Bloomsday different from all other Bloomsdays?
Topics in this episode include orthography, Dermot’s recollections of working in graphic design, the saving grace of calligraphy, spellingbee conundrums, dayfathers, nightfathers, Old Monks, unions, an obituary surprise, Passover and how it shows up in Ulysses, Rudolph Bloom’s Haggadah, how Charlton Heston traumatized us as children, seders, the oddity of a Catholic seder, embroideration, Bloom’s youthful atheism, the wisdom to be found in Bloom’s malapropisms, Bloom’s shocking lack of knowledge about Judaism, Chad Gadya, what Joyce knew about Passover, hypostasis, how Stephen Dedalus accidentally celebrates Passover, Ulysses as “an epic of two races,” and how Ulysses functions as an Irish Haggadah.
Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.On the Blog:AND IT WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER

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