Blooms & Barnacles

Bon soir, mes amis, et bienvenue a Blooms et Barnacles! Kelly and Dermot discuss Joyce's disastrous sojourn to Paris as a youth and its parallels to Stephen Dedalus' recollections of his time in Paris. Discussion topics include the fin de siècle fashion of French symbolist poets, what exactly mou en civet is, Stephen feeling down and out in a French post office, the mockery of saints in Heaven, Stephen's collection of French pornography, and whether it was Stephen's mother or his nother mentioned in that fateful telegram.

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On the Blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Latin Quarter Hat

Ulysses CCD: St. Columbanus

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Further Reading

Bowen, Z. (1974). Musical allusions in the works of James Joyce: Early poetry through Ulysses. Albany: State University of New York Press.

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.

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.

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

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

McCourt, J. (2007). Joyce’s Well of Saints. Joyce Studies Annual. 2007, 109-133. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/1818991/Joyces_Well_of_the_Saints

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Mat Hanigan's Aunt - Des Keogh 

Stephen Dedalus learns the value of gentlemanly blasphemy in this episode of Blooms & Barnacles. Our hero evades the nets of his oppressors while recalling a conversation with a friend in Paris. Topics include the changing face of Ringsend, the Pigeonhouse, Stephen's epiphanies and the Epiphany, Dermot speaking French, what Jules Michelet doesn't know about women, absinthe, the elaborate blasphemies of Leo Taxil's pornographic pope period, Baphomet, the freemasons, and the greatest trick ever played on the Catholic Church (that might be overstating it, but it's a fun story). 

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La Vie de Léo Taxil

Poetry in Ulysses: The Ballad of Joking Jesus

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Media discussed in this episode:

Leo Taxil's Confession

La Vie de Jésus (complete text)

Jack Chick tract on freemasonry

Catholic Encyclopedia "Imposters"

Hail Satan? documentary trailer

Transcendental Magic Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi

Further Reading:

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 

Greer, J.M. (2006). Palladian Order. In The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies. New York: Harper Element.

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

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Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

This episode of Blooms & Barnacles takes an esoteric twist as we continue deeper into "Proteus", Ulysses' third episode. Topics include: why Dermot is not impressed with the Library of Alexandria, the length of a mahamanvantara, what the heck a mahamanvantara is, Joyce's youthful rage put into poetry, Joyce's youthful interest in theosophy, Pico della Mirandola's desire to speak to angels, Renaissance magic, hermeticism, , correspondences in Ulysses, and why Dermot thinks Neil de Grasse Tyson is wrong.

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On the Blog:

James Joyce's Poetic Rage

Mahamanvantara

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Media recommended in this episode:

"The Holy Office", James Joyce

Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, Frances Yates

"Giovanni Pico della Mirandola" on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Corpus Hermeticum

On the theosophists' influence on cremation: https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1684-up-in-smoke-theosophy-and-the-revival-of-cremation 

"Pico della Mirandola" by Walter Pater

Further Reading:

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

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

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

Tindall, W.Y. (1954). James Joyce and the Hermetic Tradition.  Journal of the History of Ideas, 15(1), p. 23-39. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y3jt7uwp

"Theosophy." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.  Retrieved April 13, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/theosophy

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Dermot and Kelly tickle your brain with Stephen Dedalus' thoughts on the Eucharist, William of Occam, hypostasis, consubstantiation, transubstantiation... we've got it all! Other major philosophical queries discussed include: How can so much bread and wine all become Christ's body and blood. Does Stephen really understand hypostasis.When does soup become soup? Is it immoral to impersonate a priest as long as you don't hear someone's confession?

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“Save the Last Word” Press Release

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Further Reading: 

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 

Kimball, J. (1973). The Hypostasis in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 10(4), 422-438. Retrieved February 20, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/25487079 

Lernout, G. (2004-2005). A horrible example of free thought: God in Stephen’s Ulysses. Papers on Joyce. 10/11, 105-42. Retrieved from  http://www.siff.us.es/iberjoyce/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/11-Lernout-Proofed-and-Set.pdf 

Pace, E. (1910). Hypostatic Union. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved February 20, 2020 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07610b.htm 

Thornton, W. (1968). Allusions in Ulysses: An annotated list. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ucwq3x7 

Turner, W. (1912). William of Ockham. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved February 20, 2020 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15636a.htm 

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Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Linus Ignatius and Llewie Nuñez starred in the play Lucia Mad as James and Lucia Joyce, respectively, back in their university days. They drop by the podcast for a deep dive into the complex and tragic life of James Joyce's daughter Lucia. We discuss how they prepared to portray the Joyces on-stage, Lucia's genius as an artist, her struggle with mental illness, the stigma she faced within the Joyce family, her influence on Finnegans Wake and the relationship between Joyce and his daughter.

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Join Kelly and Dermot for a story about James Joyce's youthful rebellion against the literary establishment of Dublin, his obsession with the apocalyptic predictions of a 12th century monk, a tale of psychic horror by W.B. Yeats, Jonathan Swift and Dublin's oldest public library. It's a jam-packed episode! 

Bonus: Dermot interviews Kelly about completing her blog series about "Proteus." Check out those blog posts here. 

Double Bonus: The difference between Elisha and Elijah from Chuck Knows Church.

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On the blog:

Houses of Decay

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Texts Mentioned in this Episode:

The Tables of the Law by W.B. Yeats

The Day of the Rabblement by James Joyce

Further Reading:

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

Fargnoli, A.N., & Gillespie M.P. (1995). James Joyce A to Z: The essential reference to his life and writings. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/y4l26tc7

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

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

Gogarty, O. (1948). Mourning became Mrs. Spendlove and other portraits grave and gay. New York: Creative Age Press.

Greer, J.M. History’s Arrow. The Archdruid Report. Retrieved from http://archdruidmirror.blogspot.com/2017/06/historys-arrow.html

Hart, M. F. (1994). The Sign of Contradiction: Joyce, Yeats and ‘The Tables of Law.’ Colby Quarterly, 30 (4), 237-243. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3034&context=cq.

Joyce, J. (2018). Critical writings. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications.

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

McGinn, B. Apocalypticism explained: Joachim of Fiore. Frontline. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/joachim.html

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Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Kelly and Dermot are joined by translator Kenji Hayakawa to discuss the gargantuan task of translating Finnegans Wake into Japanese.  We discuss Naoki Yanase's translation of Joyce's classic novel into Japanese, creating special software Japanese characters to tackle Joyce's various coinages, why Japanese is an ideal language in which to read Finnegans Wake, why only translators truly understand Finnegans Wake, the sadism of Finnegans Wake, the influence of Harriet Shaw Weaver, and how Finnegans Wake is the antidote to book club hierarchies.

No need to speak Japanese or have read Finnegans Wake! 

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Further Reading

For more information on Yanase's Japanese translation of Finnegans Wake: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13844245._Yanase_Naoki 

For images of the Japanese text, please visit our website.

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Stephen contemplates the horror of a visit to his Aunt Sara and Uncle Richie's house. We discuss parallels in this scene with Joyce's real life aunt and uncle, why Joyce's Aunt Josephine gave away her first edition of Ulysses, the intractable Dubliner/culchie divide, middle class pretension, Hiberno-English, Wilde's Requiescat, and the difficulty of parsing conversations written in Joyce's signature stream of consciousness. 

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On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: A Dedalus Never Pays His Debts

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Further Reading

Asalas, R. Lithia water fountain. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved from https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lithia-water-fountain 

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

Fargnoli, A.N., & Gillespie M.P. (1995). James Joyce A to Z: The essential reference to his life and writings. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/y4l26tc7 

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

Kingston, A. (2017, Feb 15). Oscar Wilde and the sister’s death that haunted his life and work. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/oscar-wilde-and-the-sister-s-death-that-haunted-his-life-and-work-1.2976363 

O Muirithe, D. (1997, Jan 18). The words we use. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-words-we-use-1.22981

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Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Dermot and Kelly get an insider's view of the Sandycove Martello Tower - the Omphalos of Dublin itself! Maggie Fitzgerald, James Holohan and Andrew Basquille give Blooms & Barnacles a tour of all the museum's nooks and crannies. Discussions include the Joycean historical items on display in the museum, the history of the tower, what really went down the night Joyce stormed out of the museum, how to get a milk can up a ladder, the work of maintaining a Joycean landmark, an original song by Andrew, and why exactly a museum in Dublin is flying the Munster flag. 

A special thanks to Michael Steen.

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James Joyce Tower & Museum

Fitzgerald's of Sandycove - cosy pub with Ulysses-themed stained glass and the world's largest Finnegans Wake reading club

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Let's have fun with consubstantiality! Kelly and Dermot untangle Stephen Dedalus' thoughts on the dual nature of God the Father and God the Son, the Nicene Creed, the difference between being made and being begotten, the death of Arius, seahorses, a shocking fact about the Star Wars cantina and an even more shocking fact about the symbolism of doves.

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On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Omphalos

Decoding Dedalus: Heresies in "Telemachus"

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Further Reading

Lang, F. (1993). Ulysses and the Irish God. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y3k5kxnq

Muehlberger, E. (2015, May 1). The legend of Arius’ death: imagination, space and filth in late ancient historiography. Past & Present, 227(1), 3–29. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtu042

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