Blooms & Barnacles

White thy fambles, Red thy gan!

Wait, what?

Find out what this phrase and much more means in this episode as we continue our discussion of "Proteus," the third episode in James Joyce's Ulysses. Topics covered in this show include: what Stephen means by "red Egyptians," background on the Romani and Irish Travellers, Stephen's class insecurity, Terry Pratchett's Mort, strolling morts more generally, the distinct language of Romani and the Travellers,  The Our Father in Shelta, the secret language of thieves in 17th c. England, strolling morts, The Rogue's Delight, she-fiends, bawd pimps, whores, an example of too-polite annotations, Stephen's morose delectation, Thomas Aquinas' nicknames, and Stephen's realization that all words are his comrades.

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Poetry in Ulysses: White Thy Fambles, Red Thy Gan

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The Canting Academy

Rothenburg's translation of the Rogue's Delight

Stuff You Should Know, How Gypsies Work

Ahlstrom, D. (2017, Feb 9). Travellers as ‘genetically different’ from settled Irish as Spanish. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515

Bakker, Peter. (2002). An early vocabulary of British Romani (1616): A linguistic analysis. Romani Studies. 12. 10.3828/rs.2002.4. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20111004125822/http://www.marston.co.uk/RSPP/LUPRSV012P02A00075.pdf

Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press.

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Johnson, S. (2011, Nov 14). Gypsy Paradise Lost. Vice. Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ppqp3z/gypsy-paradise-lost-0000047-v18n11

Keefe, A. (2016, Aug 17). Life With the Irish Travellers Reveals a Bygone World. National Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2016/08/irish-travellers-uphold-the-traditions-of-a-bygone-world/

O’Leary, P. (2017, Sep 13). We Travellers must take a stand against racism, for the sake of our children. The Guardian.Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/13/travellers-racism-hate-speech-discrimination-irish

Reidy, J. (2017, Aug 11). The harmful history of “Gypsy.” Bitch Media. Retrieved from https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/gypsy-slur-netlflix

Russell, C. (2017, Feb 9). Study on ancestry of Irish Travellers details genetic connection to settled community. The Journal. Retrieved from https://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-community-study-rcsi-3231070-Feb2017/

Van Huygen, M. (2016, Sep 20). Uncovering Thieves’ Cant, the Elizabethan Slang of the Underworld. Mental Floss. Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/article/86148/uncovering-thieves-cant-elizabethan-slang-underworld

Kelly and Dermot take a look at Stephen Dedalus' prophetic dream in "Proteus." Topics discussed include James Joyce's fascination with dream analysis, Stephen's connection to the mysterious Akasic record, Dermot's own experience with slippery time, the location of the "street of harlots" in Dublin, how Leopold Bloom and Haroun al-Raschid are connected, Orientalism, almosting, and prolonged provocative melonsmellonous osculation.

You can hear our episode about translating Finnegans Wake into Japanese here.

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Decoding Dedalus: Haroun al-Raschid

In the Jakes with Mr. Bloom

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Orientalism, Edward Said

Bowen, Z. (1998). All in a Night's Entertainment: The Codology of Haroun al Raschid, the "Thousand and One Nights," Bloomusalem/Baghdad, the Uncreated Conscience of the Irish Race, and Joycean Self-Reflexivity. James Joyce Quarterly,35(2/3), 297-307. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25473907

Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press.

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Carver, C. (1978). James Joyce and the Theory of Magic. James Joyce Quarterly, 15(3), 201-214. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476132

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

McCarroll, D. (1969). Stephen's Dream---And Bloom's. James Joyce Quarterly, 6(2), 174-176. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25486761

Walcott, W. (1971). Notes by a Jungian Analyst on the Dreams in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 9(1), 37-48. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486942

Kelly and Dermot talk dogs, specifically Tatters, the dog encountered by Stephen on the strand at Sandymount. Topics include Joyce's belief that the dog is the most protean creature, Tatters' many forms on the seashore, cocklepickers then and now, seamorse, heraldry, Stephen's many phobias, reincarnation, sea gods, the ninth wave, pards, the Buddha-nature of a dog, cameos by Nicolas Cage and Peter Falk, Tatters as a muse, Tatters as a Zen master, Stephen's struggle with duality, Stephen's creative inspiration, urination,  and why Dermot thinks the medievals are great (not stupid). 

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Dogsbody

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Atura, A. & Dionne, L. Proteus - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/proteus/

Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=header&id=JoyceColl.BudgenUlysses&isize=M

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Clements, P. (2016, May 14). Adventures of a sea god – an Irishman’s diary about Manannán mac Lir. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/adventures-of-a-sea-god-an-irishman-s-diary-about-manannán-mac-lir-1.2647217

Frost, N. (2017, Oct. 13). Just about everything we know about the pard. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved from https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pard-big-cat-mythology-leopard-lion-taxonomy

Norris, M. (2017). Tatters, Bloom’s cat, and other animals in Ulysses. Humanities, 6(3), 50. Retrieved fromhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/6/3/50/htm

O’Shea, M.J. (1986). James Joyce and heraldry. Albany: State University of New York Press. Retrieved fromhttps://tinyurl.com/y4u57wya

Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy6hq4x3

Paterakis, D. T. (1972). Mananaan MacLir in Ulysses. Éire-Ireland (quarterly journal of the Irish American Cultural Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota) Vol. VII, 3. Retrieved from http://blossomsandbarnacles.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/57bf6-manannanmaclirinulysses.pdf

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Decoding Dedalus: Pretenders

Dogsbody

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Atura, A. & Dionne, L. Proteus - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/proteus/

Delaney, F. (2012, Dec 18). Episode 132: Barking at Boccaccio. Re:Joyce. [Audio podcast].

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

Joyce, P.W. (1910). A Concise History of Ireland. Retrieved from https://www.libraryireland.com/JoyceHistory/Contents.php

Schama, S. (2011, Feb. 17). Invasions of Ireland from 1170 - 1320. The BBC. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/ireland_invasion_01.shtml#top

Stolze, D. (2017, Jun. 8). Cold case chronicles: The unsolved mystery of the princes in the tower. Forensic Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.forensicmag.com/article/2017/06/cold-case-chronicles-unsolved-mystery-princes-tower

Webb, A. (1878). A Compendium of Irish Biography. Retrieved from https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/index.php

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Richard Feeney, "Telemachus," 7:10

Jane Davis, "Telemachus," 12:50

Andrew Basquille, "Nestor," 17:47

Steve Carey, "Calypso," 25:42

Bill Kennedy, "Calypso," 31:48

PJ Murphy, "The Lotus Eaters," 39:47

Shelby Haber, Krystal Bressmer Cam Edwards, and Vidu Morugama, "Hades," 44:39

Will Humphries, "Hades," 50:08

Swati Joshi, "Aeolus," 55:34

Russell Raphael, "Aeolus," 01:01:15

Conor Farnan, "Lestrygonians," 01:08:53

Tom O'Leary, "Lestrygonians," 01:16:00

Phil Holden, "Lestrygonians," 01:21:15

Stephen, "Sirens," 01:27:27

Sela Ellan Underwood, "Sirens," 01:31:53

Michael O'Shea, "Cyclops," 01:40:13

Jinan Ashraf, "Cyclops," 01:47:42

Jack Walsh, "Cyclops," 01:54:24

Chris Lewis, The King of Ithaca, 02:00:29

Joe Gallagher, "Nausicaa," 02:05:24

Paul Ringo, "Nausicaa," 02:11:41

Talia Abu, "Oxen of the Sun," 02:19:06

David Monelly, "Oxen of the Sun," 02:23:37

Mark Segall, "Circe," 02:27:49

Colm Faulkner, "Circe," 02:35:19

Brendan Riley, "Eumaeus," 02:40:29

Kevin O'Doherty, "Ithaca," 02:46:28

Kenji Hayakawa, "Ithaca," 02:49:51

Ellen Murphy, "Ithaca," 02:57:00

Janet Lynch, "Penelope," 02:59:40

Siobhán McCann, "Penelope," 03:07:03

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Kelly and Dermot set sail for the time of Vikings and jerkiness dwarfs! They discuss the differences of similarly-shaped seafaring vessels, Lochlanns, Fr. Dineen's Irish dictionary, the intersection of Viking and Celtic cultures in Ireland, torcs, tomahawk, the horrors of 14th c. Dublin, famine, plague and slaughters, the story of the time a pod of cetaceans washed ashore in medieval Dublin, the story of the time the Liffey froze over and people grilled on top of it, Stephen as a changeling, Stephen momentarily becoming displaced in time, and Stephen's attempt to construct an Irish identity.

Steve Carey of Bloomsday in Melbourne drops by to chat about how to put on a Bloomsday theatre production in the time of Covid. 

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Decoding Dedalus: Galleys of the Lochlanns

Bloomsday in Melbourne - the official site for Bloomsday in Melbourne

Bloomsday 2020 - Facebook group where Bloomsday in Melbourne's performances will be broadcast

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Carver, C. (1978). James Joyce and the Theory of Magic. James Joyce Quarterly, 15(3), 201-214. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476132

Dwyer, F. (2013, May 7). Medieval Dublin; a tale of two cities. The Irish History Podcast. Retrieved from https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/medieval-dublin-a-tale-of-two-cities/#sdfootnote10anc

Dwyer, F. (2014, Dec 11). Cannibalism, famine & fun - 4 ferocious medieval winters. Irish History Podcast. Retrieved from https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/cannibalism-famine-fun-4-ferocious-medieval-winters/

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Kelly, M. (2001). ‘Unheard-of mortality’.... The black death in Ireland. History Ireland. Vol 9 (4). Retrieved from https://www.historyireland.com/medieval-history-pre-1500/unheard-of-mortality-the-black-death-in-ireland/

McGreevy, R. (2018, Jul 26). Maps reveal scale of economic devastation in 14th century Ireland. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/maps-reveal-scale-of-economic-devastation-in-14th-century-ireland-1.3576962

Ó Séaghdha, D. (2017). Motherfoclóir: dispatches from a not so dead language. Head of Zeus: London. 

Rickard, J.S. (1999). Joyce’s book of memory: the mnemotechnic of Ulysses. Duke University Press: London. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yxt9jfuj

Sugg, R. (2018). Fairies: a dangerous history. Reaktion Books: London. Retrieved from https://longreads.com/2018/06/08/fairy-scapegoats-a-history-of-the-persecution-of-changeling-children/

Tuchman, B. W. (1978). A distant mirror: the calamitous 14th century. Ballantine Books: New York. 

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Tommy Makem - The Minstrel Boy/ Let Erin Remember

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Dogsbody

Form of Forms

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Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=header&id=JoyceColl.BudgenUlysses&isize=M

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk

Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/page/n39

Joyce, S. (1958). My brother’s keeper: James Joyce’s early years. New York: The Viking Press.

Nicholson, R. (2015). The Ulysses guide: tours through Joyce’s Dublin. Dublin: New Island Books. 

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Dermot and Kelly take on some of the history behind the tale of Irish exile Kevin Egan. This episode's discussion covers the story of the 1867 Clerkenwell explosion, what that has to do with Kevin Egan, Egan's relationship to his wife and son, Dermot's relationship to Tayto crisps, Egan's memories of Kilkenny, the Berkeleyan quality of memory, more father-son angst, and a cautionary tale for young Stephen.

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Decoding Dedalus: Wild Geese

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Media Mentioned in this Episode:

L'Assomoir - Emile Zola

Further Reading:

Anghinetti, P. (1982). Berkeley's Influence on Joyce. James Joyce Quarterly, 19(3), 315-329. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476446

Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press.

Eugene Davis & the Casey brothers. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.irishmeninparis.org/revolutionaries/eugene-davis-the-casey-brothers

“Irish Agitators in Paris,” (1884, April 22).  The New York Times. Retrieved from https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/04/22/103614112.pdf

“The Irish Colony in Paris,”(1884, June 11).  The Brisbane Courier. Retrieved from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3430959

Zingg, G. (2013). Is there Hiberno-English on them? Hiberno-English in modern literature: the use of dialect in Joyce, O’Brien, Shaw and Friel. Bern: Peter Lang AG.

Music:

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

The Boys of Kilkenny - Reg Keating

Images of early morning Paris through the ineluctable modality of Stephen Dedalus' memory, smells of incense and absinthe. We discuss Stephen's life as a starving artist (literally), Kevin Egan and his unwilling exile in Paris, Egan's real life counterpart, New York Times write-ups of duels in the 19th century, Irish nationalist groups of the 19th century, the proper way to drink absinthe, dalcassians and Arthur Griffith, Maud Gonne, Édouard Drumont v. Léo Taxil, and the pitfalls of attempting to make Ireland more like continental Europe. 

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Decoding Dedalus: Latin Quarter Hat

Decoding Dedalus: Wild Geese 

La Vie de Léo Taxil

Maud Gonne

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Media Mentioned in this Episode:

"Get Drunk", Charles Baudelaire (in French and English)

How to make a classic Absinthe Drip - DrinkSkool Cocktails

Further Reading:

Earle, D. (2003). "Green Eyes, I See You. Fang, I Feel": The Symbol of Absinthe in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly,40(4), 691-709. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25477989

Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press.

Eugene Davis & the Casey brothers. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.irishmeninparis.org/revolutionaries/eugene-davis-the-casey-brothers

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gopnik, A. (2009, Sept. 21). Trial of the Century. The New Yorker. Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/28/trial-of-the-century

Haverty, A. (2016, Dec. 10). The adulterous muse – Maud Gonne, Lucien Millevoye and WB Yeats review. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-adulterous-muse-maud-gonne-lucien-millevoye-and-wb-yeats-review-1.2889474

Heininger, J. (1986). Stephen Dedalus in Paris: Tracing the Fall of Icarus in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 23(4), 435-446. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476758

“Irish Agitators in Paris,” (1884, April 22).  The New York Times. Retrieved from https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/04/22/103614112.pdf

“The Irish Colony in Paris,”(1884, June 11).  The Brisbane Courier. Retrieved from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3430959

Joyce, S. (1958). My brother’s keeper: James Joyce’s early years. New York: The Viking Press.

Magalaner, M. (1956). Labyrinthine motif: James Joyce and Leo Taxil. Modern Fiction Studies, 2(4), 167-182. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/26273108

McNally, F. (2018, Oct. 4). Bones of contention - Why the remains of James Joyce are still in exile. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/bones-of-contention-why-the-remains-of-james-joyce-are-still-in-exile-1.3651912

O’Connor, U. (2011, Jan. 30) Joyce should join Yeats in the Irish soil. The Irish Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/joyce-should-join-yeats-in-the-irish-soil-26619115.html

Reizbaum, M. (1999). James Joyce’s Judaic Other. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y4sxxtlv

Schofield, H. (2015, Jan. 31). Ireland’s heroine who had sex in her baby’s tomb. BBC News. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31064648

Music:

Il est cinq heures, Paris, s'éveille - Jacques Dutronc