Ep. 170 - Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare

In which, Stephen proves through algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather.

He really puts the “bacon” in “Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare”

Topics in this episode include Puritanism, whether or not Anne Hathaway became a religious fanatic late in life, Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her Puritan husband, the squandering of Shakespeare’s estate after his death, “Venus and Adonis,” the mystical estate of paternity, Hamlet and paternity, the Sabellian heresy, the authorship question, possible Shakespeare ghost writers, Buck Mulligan’s roasts, and James Joyce proves through algebra that he is his own father, just like Jesus and Shakespeare.

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Further Reading: 

  1. Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.

  2. 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 

  3. Gilbert, S. (1930). 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 

  4. Greer, G. (2008). Shakespeare’s Wife. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

  5. Schutte, W. (1957). Joyce and Shakespeare; a study in the meaning of Ulysses. New Haven: Yale University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/joyceshakespeare00schu 

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

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