from "The Hideous Hidden" by Sylvia Legris
1, PlummetWITNESS THE SPECTACLE OF THE WAKING BODY.WHEN THE BODY IS AWAKE THE SOUL ACQUIESCES TO EYES, TO EARS, TO LOCOMOTION AND TOUCH.WHEN THE BODY STIRS, THE SOUL FOLLOWSIN THE BODY'S ORBIT....
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Notes on Ulysses, Pomes Penyeach, and Textual Materiality in Finnegans Wake
It's evident that by the time he got to Finnegans Wake Joyce's unit of attention had narrowed to the single letter. He had fully absorbed the great lesson of his seven years with Ulysses, that what he...
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Anatomy Lecture
The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Tulp (1632), Rembrandt. On pg 241 of Finnegans Wake there's a reference to this painting by Rembrandt in "Aasdocktor Talop's onamuttony legture"where Joyce places himself...
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Reviews of Five (Mostly) Recent Books on Joyce, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake
Consuming Joyce: 100 Years of Ulysses in Ireland (2022) by John McCourtLast year in June, I was in Dublin for the James Joyce Symposium at Trinity College where I presented a paper. That was my third...
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Guardian Observer Celebrates the Galaxy of Wake Reading Groups
Print edition of the UK Observer/The Guardian from Sunday Nov 12, 2023. Courtesy of Peter Chrisp.The Sunday edition of The Guardian newspaper, The Observer, prominently featured an article about the...
View ArticleFind the Others: The Lightning-Struck
"Remember the lightning-struck? Those who experienced something profound and rare, so they sought out others who had felt what they felt? Other than the coded messages of their newsletter, there’s...
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The Solstice Maybe Wake Night
Maybe the longest night of the year is the night on which the dreamworld of Finnegans Wake unfolds? A remark by Joseph Campbell & Henry Morton Robinson in their Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Venice Wake Reunion Event in Los Angeles, CA on Joyce's...
28-Year Book Club Conquers Literary EverestGains National AttentionPress Event: Reunion Party is Set for Friday, February 2, 2024, Venice, CA, on the birthday of James JoyceJan. 18, 2024 - (Venice...
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The Influence of Whitman on Joyce & Finnegans Wake
Books are to be call'd for, and supplied, on the assumption that the process of reading is not a half-sleep, but, in highest sense, an exercise, a gymnast's struggle; that the reader is to do something...
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"So This is Dyoublong?" Living Inside the World of the Wake, Part 2
I was on an extended stay in Dublin a few years ago and found myself in a shared space somewhere out in Leopardstown on the outskirts of the city. The Leopardstown horse racing course is mentioned...
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