Ep. 54 - What is that word known to all men?

Kelly and Dermot take on a deceptively simple passage in “Proteus” as they attempt to answer that ultimate question - what is the word known to all men?

Topics covered in this episode include Stephen’s loneliness and why Joyce felt it was necessary for him to be totally alone, a mysterious discrepancy in Ulysses’ various editions, the 1984 Gabler edition of Ulysses, the universal Truth of a mother’s love, the universal Truth of death, how to escape from a troublesome duality, Rawhead and Bloodybones, the connection between love and death, and crab people.

No Berkelyan idealism, we promise!

**A note from the Department of Corrections: Kelly remarks that her 1990 edition of Ulysses contains the text as it was corrected and reset in 1963. That year should have been 1961. The responsible parties have been flogged.

Kelly and Dermot take on a deceptively simple passage in "Proteus" as they attempt to answer that ultimate question - what is the word known to all men?

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Further Reading:

Ellmann, R. (1986, Jun 15). Finally, the last word on 'Ulysses': the ideal text, and portable too. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/00/01/09/specials/joyce-ideal.html

Finneran, R. (1996). "That Word Known to All Men" in "Ulysses": A Reconsideration. James Joyce Quarterly,33(4), 569-582. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25473768

Fox, C. (1992). Absolutely: Redefining the Word Known to All Men. James Joyce Quarterly,29(4), 799-804. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25485321

Gordon, J. (1990). Love in Bloom, by Stephen Dedalus. James Joyce Quarterly,27(2), 241-255. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25485033

Herr, C. (1980). Theosophy, Guilt, and "That Word Known to All Men" in Joyce's "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly,18(1), 45-54. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476336

Kimball, J. (1987). Love and Death in "Ulysses": "Work Known to All Men". James Joyce Quarterly,24(2), 143-160. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25476793

Kimball, J. (1997). Odyssey of the psyche: Jungian patterns in Joyce’s Ulysses. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y2bcb8oy

Sawyer, T. (1983). Stephen Dedalus' Word. James Joyce Quarterly,20(2), 201-208. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/25476504

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