Ep. 64 - 7 Eccles St.
Organ meats: the breakfast of champions.
Mrkrgnao!
In this episode, we cover the opening pages of Ulysses’ fourth episode, “Calypso.” Topics include who eats organ meats, how Bloom’s thoughts are different from Stephen’s thoughts, the humbleness of “Calypso,” what mundane actions tell us about a character, kidneys as a correspondent organ in “Calypso”, art as the office of purgation, Joyce as an artistic kidney, the cyclical nature of waste, Bloom’s kidney as a burnt offering, Bloom’s cat, Bloom’s compassion toward animals, the fate of 7 Eccles St., the first Bloomsday, why 7 Eccles St. wasn’t preserved, and how to knock on Bloom’s front door anyway.
The plaque on the side of the Mater Hospital, located on the site of the former 7 Eccles St.
The Altar of Incense, Altar of Burnt-Offering, and Laver from the Biblical Tabernacle; illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible
7 Eccles St.’s door, The James Joyce Centre, 2018
Further Reading:
Anthony Burgess at 7 Eccles St., 1965; more images can be found here.
Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y2qpjk4g
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
Gunn, I. The demise of Ithaca. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from http://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-environs/no-7-eccles-street
Nicholson, R. (2015). The Ulysses guide: tours through Joyce’s Dublin. Dublin: New Island Books.
Norris, M. (2017). Tatters, Bloom’s cat, and other animals in Ulysses. Humanities, 6(3), 50. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/6/3/50/htm
Russell, M. (2005, Jun 11). Rubbing the wrong relic. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rubbing-the-wrong-relic-1.454629
Knocking on Heaven’s Door