Ep. 130 - THOSE SLIGHTLY RAMBUNCTIOUS FEMALES

Nelson supposes his toeses are roses, but Nelson supposes erroneously.

The final resting place of Nelson’s head (Pearse St. Library)

Topics in this episode include Barcelona, revisiting James Joyce’s Guinness ad, the history of Nelson’s pillar, Horatio Nelson, the final resting place of Nelson’s head, possible replacements for Nelson atop the former pillar, failed attempts to raise the wind, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of the Plums, Mt. Pisgah, the 17th century origin of the title of Stephen’s parable, the Eucharist, the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, Fumbally’s Lane and the Liberties, bitterness and deflation, bathos, Antisthenes and cynicism, Penelope’s beauty in comparison to Helen’s, paralysis, Moses, sean bhean bhocht, Parnell’s monument, plumtrees, plumstones, plums in general, Nelson as a poor reciprocator of oral sex, Stephen’s misogyny, hypostasis, and PEN IS CHAMP.

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Further Reading:

Nelson’s Pillar

1. Begnal, M. H. (1986). Stephen’s Terrible Parable. James Joyce Quarterly, 23(3), 355–357. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476740 

2. Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press.

3. Fallon, D. (2016, Mar 8). Dispelling the myths about the bombing of Nelson's Pillar. thejournal.ie. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/mr4b86ca  

4. Fogel, D. M. (1979). Symbol and Context in Ulysses: Joyce’s “Bowl of Bitter Waters” and Passover. ELH, 46(4), 710–721. https://doi.org/10.2307/2872486 

5. 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 

6. Kenner, H. (1987). Ulysses. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 

7. Keogh, J. G. (1970). Ulysses’ “Parable of the Plums” as Parable and Periplum. James Joyce Quarterly, 7(4), 377–378. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486871 

8. Lang, F. (1993). Ulysses and the Irish God. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/muufwv9p 

9. Leland, B. (2014). An Abode of Bliss: Plumtree's Potted Meat and the Allegory of the Theologians. James Joyce Quarterly, 52(1), 37-53. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44162649 

10. Lobner, C. del G., Benstock, B., Joyce, S. J., Palmer, C., & Bierman, R. (1987). Letters to the Editor. James Joyce Quarterly, 24(2), 235–240. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476805 

11. Mikics, D. (1990). History and the Rhetoric of the Artist in “Aeolus.” James Joyce Quarterly, 27(3), 533–558. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25485060 

12. Molony, S. (2022). Helen of Joyce: Trojan horses in Ulysses. Printwell Books. 

13. Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5 

14. O’Toole, F. (2022, June 16). ‘Ulysses’: The Book That Never Stops Changing. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/ulysses-book-james-joyce-100-years/638447/ 

15. Schwarz, D. (2004). Reading Joyce’s Ulysses. Palgrave Macmillan. 

16. Sultan, S. (1961). Joyce’s Irish Politics: The Seventh Chapter of “Ulysses.” The Massachusetts Review, 2(3), 549–556. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25086710 

17. Weir, D. (1991). Sophomore Plum(p)s for Old Man Moses. James Joyce Quarterly, 28(3), 657–661. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25485184