{"id":260,"date":"2016-09-27T04:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T04:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/?p=260"},"modified":"2016-09-27T04:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T04:14:22","slug":"unspoken-literary-allusions-in-episode-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/uncategorized\/unspoken-literary-allusions-in-episode-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspoken Literary Allusions in Episode 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having the\u00a0obsession of the “unspoken” gives me slightly more wiggle room in choosing a topic than others, so today I focused on the odd italic lines in Episode 9 that are\u00a0detached from the text both in physical form and in meaning. I struggled to find a unifying element in all these fragments (I\u00a0did not find anything on the internet or in Ulysses Annotated<\/em>), but according to Gifford’s Annotated<\/em>, many of these fragments are the first line of a poetic stanza. But other than the poetic fragments being from first stanzas,\u00a0most of the allusions\u00a0seemed entirely unrelated; many are from unpublished poetic works, others are nursery rhymes or bawdy songs, and the episode closes with an allusion to Shakespeare’s Cymbeline<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Realizing these fragments seem unrelated in content and form, in addition to usually being unrelated to the text of Joyce that they follow, I wondered if they were meant to be completely random elements of literature that surround and fly through this complex, theoretical conversation that Stephen is having in the library. If that is their purpose, then they seem to undermine the conversation that occurs. John Eglinton, A.E., Lyster, and Stephen discuss canonical philosophers, poets, and playwrights in an incredibly complex way, yet that conversation is subverted by fragments of bawdy songs, poems from unpublished and unpopular poets, and common nursery rhymes. From this conclusion, it seems that while Joyce is clearly showing off his own classical knowledge and ability, he seems to be mocking that very decision by destabilizing these canonical authors with low class or literature for the masses.<\/p>\n

Below I have included all the examples I looked at and a few short notes on each one.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFirst he tickled her Then he patted her Then he passed the female catheter. For he was a medical Jolly old medi …\u201d(9. 22-26)<\/em><\/p>\n

-Bawdy fragment of unpublished poem<\/p>\n

\u201cOrchestral Satan, weeping many a rood Tears such as angels weep. Ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta\u201d (9. 32-34)<\/em><\/p>\n

-Lines not from but echoing Paradise Lost<\/em>: Satan laying on the lake of fire and about to speak angels<\/p>\n

\u201cBound thee forth, my booklet, quick To greet the callous public. Writ, I ween, \u2018twas not my wish In lean unlovely English<\/em>\u201d (9. 96-99)<\/em><\/p>\n

-First stanza of an irish poem meant to be used as guide for ancient poetry but a form lost<\/p>\n

\u201cWhelps and dams of murderous foes whom none<\/em><\/p>\n

But we had spared …\u201d (9. 137-138)<\/em><\/p>\n

-From a controversial poem by Mr. Swinburne<\/p>\n

\u201cFlow over them with your waves and with your waters, Mananaan, Mananaan MacLir …\u201d (9. 190-191)<\/em><\/p>\n

-From a chant\/druid curse that calls down a flood, brings end of days<\/p>\n

\u201cIn quintessential triviality For years in this fleshcase a shesoul dwelt\u201d (9. 287-288)<\/em><\/p>\n

-Poem about the death of a child<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many miles to Dublin? Three score and ten, sir. Will we be there by candlelight?\u201d (9. 415-417)<\/em><\/p>\n

-Old nursery rhyme<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat of all the will to do? It has vanished long ago …\u201d (9. 798-799)<\/em><\/p>\n

-Opening lines of first stanza of a poem written in 1926<\/p>\n

\u201cLaud we the gods And let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrils From our bless\u2019d altars\u201d (9. 1223-1225)<\/em><\/p>\n

-End of Shakespeare\u2019s Cymbeline<\/em><\/p>\n

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