{"id":593,"date":"2016-11-21T14:31:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/?p=593"},"modified":"2016-11-21T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:31:46","slug":"annotation-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/uncategorized\/annotation-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Annotation #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bielawa, Michael J. “\u2019U.p.\u2019 at Bat: Baseball Symbolism in Ulysses’\u2019Nausicaa\u2019” NINE: A<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sports and Competition<\/p>\n

Baseball<\/p>\n

Numerology<\/p>\n

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In this article, Bielawa analyzes Ulysses\u2019<\/em> thirteenth episode, \u201cNausicaa,\u201d focusing on the striking prevalence of baseball references within the episode, in an effort to understand ways in which Joyce brings America\u2019s pastime to his depiction of Dublin life. Bielawa begins the piece by drawing on an uncanny comparison between James Joyce and American ballplayer James Henry O\u2019Rourke (ironically sharing a name with Ulysses <\/em>character Larry O\u2019Rourke), who was nicknamed \u201cThe Orator,\u201d as a result of his Yale law degree and intelligent reputation. Similarly, Bielawa highlights 1904 as a major year for both James\u2019, with Ulysses <\/em>taking place on June 16, 1904, and O\u2019Rourke\u2019s nostalgic return to the Major Leagues on September 22, 1904, at the age of 54, eleven years after retiring (144). Bielawa suggests that this unique resemblance between the two, coupled with Joyce\u2019s potential \u201cdissatisfaction with 1904\u2019s lack of a World Series,\u201d drives the pervasive symbolism that he points out in the episode (146). In describing the numerous connections between baseball and \u201cNausicaa,\u201d Joyce highlights the role of numerology and baseball imagery, using the two as key points in linking the American pastime and the episode.<\/p>\n

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In his numerological analysis of \u201cNausicaa,\u201d Bielawa focuses on the number 9, noticing its prevalence in the episode in a variety of forms, finding his observations especially intriguing given the importance of nine in baseball, being the number of innings in a standard game. Referring to nine as, \u201cThe Mystic Number,\u201d Bielawa points out nine\u2019s appearances in various forms, for example, in the 54 total instances of derivatives of \u201cnine,\u201d (noting that 5+4=9), Baby Boardman\u2019s age of eleven months and nine days, and the novel\u2019s 18 total episodes (1+8=9), as evidence of this baseball connection (146).<\/p>\n

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While numerology presents some unique evidence for Joyce\u2019s less visible baseball evidence, Bielawa zeroes in on baseball imagery as the pivotal aspect of his argument. From the \u201c\u2018arcing fly balls,\u2019\u201d of the twins\u2019 play, to Bloom\u2019s use of a \u201cstick\u201d (which Bielawa points out is slang for \u201cbat\u201d), and especially the stare down between Gerty and Bloom from a distance Bielawa suggests is 60 feet and six inches, the traditional distance between the mound and home plate, these visual images Joyce paints contain an undeniable baseball tint (147). Coupled with the notion that time has stopped, like the untimed feature in baseball, due to Bloom\u2019s broken watch, serves as a major confirmation of Bielawa\u2019s previous claims. With this litany of connections in mind, Bielawa suggests readers look towards the rest of the novel with \u201cNausicaa\u2019s\u201d baseball symbolism in mind, especially as Bloom seeks to reach home, just like every batter that steps up to the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bielawa, Michael J. “\u2019U.p.\u2019 at Bat: Baseball Symbolism in Ulysses’\u2019Nausicaa\u2019” NINE: A \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Journal of Baseball History and Culture 14.1 (2005): 143-50. Project Muse. Web.   Related Topics \u00a0 Sports and Competition Baseball Numerology   In this article, Bielawa analyzes Ulysses\u2019 thirteenth episode, \u201cNausicaa,\u201d focusing on the striking prevalence of baseball references within the episode, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}