Ep. 126 - ITALIA, MAGISTRA ARTIUM
Sufficient for the day is the newspaper thereof.
Michelangelo’s Moses in… somewhere
Topics in this episode include Grattan and Flood, Seymour Bushe and the Childs murder case, Hamlet references, Michelangelo’s Moses and where to find it, Lenehan’s cigarette scheme, J.J. O’Molloy’s love of forensic rhetoric, the shortcomings of memoria, court cases appearing in the works of Joyce, Samuel Childs and Thomas Childs, James Joyce’s youthful interest in the law, a surprise appearance by Alexander Keyes, a Joyce family connection to the Childs murder, James Joyce’s lifelong grudge against Tim Healy, Charles Stewart Parnell, lex talionis, the law of evidence, and just how eloquent Seymour Bushe really was.
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Houses on (former) Bengal Terrace
Tim Healy
Further Reading:
Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.
Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/2015.65767.Ulysses-On-The-Liffey_djvu.txt
Gekoski, R. (2013, Apr 20). A ghost story: James Joyce’s lost poem. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-ghost-story-james-joyce-s-lost-poem-1.1363055
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
Hardiman, A. (2006, Jun 10). How Joyce took on the law. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/how-joyce-took-on-the-law-1.1015069
Hardiman, A. (2017). Joyce in court. Head of Zeus.
Hodgart, M.J.C. (1974). Aeolus. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (115-130). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy2gpfhs
Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press.
Joyce, S. (1958). My brother’s keeper: James Joyce’s early years. New York: The Viking Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yra2d3xd
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5
Thornton, W. (1968). Allusions in Ulysses: An annotated list. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ucwq3x7
Tompkins, P. (1968). James Joyce and the Enthymeme: The Seventh Episode of “Ulysses.” James Joyce Quarterly, 5(3), 199–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486701