Ep. 155 - On this side idolatry.

PodcastScylla and CharybdisStephen Dedalus
Written By Kelly Bryan

The infant Shakespeare attended by Nature and the Passions, 1790’s, George Romney

You naughtn’t to look, missus, so you naughtn’t when a lady’s ashowing of her elemental.

Topics in this episode include Old Ben’s critique of Shakespeare, bardolatry, Shakespeare as a symbol of English supremacy, how Plato is like Charybdis, formless spiritual essences, seeing ourselves as others see us, the paintings of Gustave Moreau, and so much theosophy.

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The Apparition, Gustave Moreau, 1876

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Further Reading:

  1. Beck, H. Æ IOU: two debts to Russell? James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/russell-debt 

  2. Dilworth, T., & Marrero, K. (1990). A.E.I.O.U.: Plato and Rimbaud in “Scylla and Charybdis.” James Joyce Quarterly, 28(1), 298–301. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25485137 

  3. Erzgräber, W. (1987). Art and Reality: An Interpretation of “Scylla and Charybdis.” James Joyce Quarterly, 24(3), 291–304. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476812 

  4. 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 

  5. Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124373/page/n3/mode/2up 

  6. Hunt, J. (2022). This side idolatry. The Joyce Project. Retrieved from https://www.joyceproject.com/notes/090007idolatry.htm 

  7. Ito, E. (2003). Mediterranean Joyce Meditates on Buddha. Language and Culture, No.5 (Center for Language and Culture Education and Research, Iwate Prefectural University), 53-64. Retrieved from http://p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp/~acro-ito/Joycean_Essays/MJMonBuddha.html

  8. Jenkins, R. (1969). THEOSOPHY IN “SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS.” Modern Fiction Studies, 15(1), 35–48. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26279201 

  9. Kellogg, R. (1974). Scylla and Charybdis. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (147-179). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/wu2y7mg

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

  11. Michels, J. (1983). “Scylla and Charybdis”: Revenge in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” James Joyce Quarterly, 20(2), 175–192. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476502 

  12. O’Rourke, F. (2016). Aristotelian Interpretations. Newbridge: Irish Academic Press. 

  13. O’Rourke, F. (2018). Knowledge and Identity in Joyce. In: Belluc, S., Bénéjam, V. (eds) Cognitive Joyce. Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 

  14. O’Rourke, F. (2022). Joyce, Aristotle, and Aquinas. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 

  15. RASMUSSEN, I. D. (2019). Riffing on Shakespeare: James Joyce, Stephen Dedalus, and the Avant-Garde Theory of Literary Creation. Joyce Studies Annual, 33–73. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26862950

  16. Sharpe, G. (1963). THE PHILOSOPHY OF JAMES JOYCE. Modern Fiction Studies, 9(2), 120–126. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26278465 

  17. Sun, L. Scylla and Charybdis - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://campuspress.yale.edu/modernismlab/scylla-and-charybdis/ 

  18. White, L. W. (Dec 2013). Dunlop, Daniel Nicol. The Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved from https://www.dib.ie/biography/dunlop-daniel-nicol-a9602 

  19. Wiedenfeld, L. (2013). The Other Ancient Quarrel: “Ulysses” and Classical Rhetoric. James Joyce Quarterly, 51(1), 63–79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24598847

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