Ep. 52 - A Reign of Uncouth Stars

Form of my form! Who watches me here?

Kelly and Dermot wade into the final pages of “Proteus” to spend some time with old faves like Aristotle, Bishop Berkeley and Giordano Bruno. We dig deeper into Stephen Dedalus’ internal monologue while discussing Stephen’s concern for his future legacy, Stephen’s shadow, darkness shining in the brightness, the squid people of Procyon 5, the Delta of Cassiopeia, Roman augury, Giordano Bruno’s belief that the constellations were morally corrupt, and the written word as a Berkeleyan abstraction.

Form of my form! Who watches me here? Kelly and Dermot wade into the final pages of "Proteus" to spend some time with old faves like Aristotle, Bishop Berkeley and Giordano Bruno.

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Further Reading:

Littmann, M., & Schweighauser, C. (1965). Astronomical Allusions, Their Meaning and Purpose, in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly,2(4), 238-246. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486518

McArthur, M. (1986). "Signs on a White Field": Semiotics and Forgery in the "Proteus" Chapter of Ulysses. ELH,53(3), 633-652. doi:10.2307/2873043. Retrieved fromwww.jstor.org/stable/2873043. 

Seidel, M. (1976). Epic geography: James Joyce’s Ulysses. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y5zo88w6

Steel, D. (2019, June 16). Astronomy on Bloomsday. Sciblogs. Retrieved from https://sciblogs.co.nz/out-of-space/2019/06/16/astronomy-on-bloomsday/

Vitoux, P. (1981). Aristotle, Berkeley, and Newman in "Proteus" and "Finnegans Wake". James Joyce Quarterly,18(2), 161-175. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25476353

Yates, F. (1964). Giordano Bruno and the hermetic tradition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

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