Utere, bow and ever, that h~
proxtcndcd
aloof upon the ethe< Mesmer'.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
3
"SitJohnGilb<n. AHisl,,? " . . . . . C<o;t~I)wIomo(Dubl. . ,Do. o/I)'. $(1)I. 21).
'I! dnl~ndL Epol<irt,:n. . o. M. M"S,,,,,,,"Dod"'",(c. . toonda1candI! <lwanll? . -ilk, Soo. thcT. nlli>oio Uni-. ill' I'mo '971), 111-)6.
? (~t}. 09-24) he il credited with the hiah. kicking con. vubiOf\l for which 'Jambs' hin\$elf was famous, By ron. . . . . , " il lUI opc:oatic; ,mot,lpecifically John McConnadt, who>><: I. uibu'''' in ",\ation to " . '" dilCUssM by Adoline Glash<<n," We lhould particularly note McCoonMd<'s l$$OCi. otion Wilh n. . . . Giowmri and ocber items of ,,'I 'CJ)Crtoirc, and his emiaration to America, where be: "'te and . t~ood, drink, violin! , mom. """n, toy trains, chalk. ,. , l'ICltto, Rodin_nd grew heavier and heavierand heavier, . . kind
o f w o n d e r o f l l t e m e e . l y m a l e r i a l . ' E v e n i n 11 1. 4 , K e v i n i l ' 0 ' w e n d him 10 Amodo;:a to qIXS' a ,,",slty job' (562. 3 ' ),
TIw: Idulation ha. owed upon " in 111. 2 il of COUrse p. ecisely lha. dcsiNd by I: in 119. 35-180. 07 IIId reIIccu the 'cult or the divo' which,. . Stuart Gitm t lell. us," was in Edwardian Dublin punued10Idea"'" unknown""",n in Itlly. But "aun' il addi,ion? aUy ? puish pd. ,. " wh"""", much of 1M di1fe",,,,,,, betwftn the lint and _ d WI. ch", deri,'es. T o undern. nd thi. _ mWt re- member lilt . . . i? ? '. ltilariou. jealousy of the confessor, in Poma;1
V
I prin'ro jXilalIn. , with a brothel I poli= n in Dublin and. brother a potboy in Moycullen. T o him she would unveil her soul', shy n. akcdneu, to ODe wbo WI' bUI Khooled io <be discbaraina or I fonnal rile ratMr ! hao 10 him, I pries. of eternal irnaaiNtion, lrammu. ing! he <bity b. ead orCOl"" i. . . ,ce iDto ! he rIodiaIt. body ofcverli. . ;. ,g lire.
ReliPln and st:nII. li,y I t t rfttrlined in I II. ' : " simply <<hoes lilt 'Credo' attribu<<d to Joon M. . ,HI\e in 'G race' in Dub/inn_, a. 4' 1. 21. Hi. ",lati<:m, hipi . '" pl"onic lod oedipal, II at 4' }. O)-
z6. I Ie il Iiru ny brouKhl down with Knlim~nla1ity OV~r bis moth~r (426,02- ,6) and indignation over ! he insult 10 her offerro by t:'s
I~". . . VI. R. )I. l SO notes: '" chealro if 110' meel mother in heaven. '
In 111. 2 " i, . . . ract<d by hi. young silttr -t From Ih. "rly drafts, wheN he merely rq>nll 10 htr . he prohibitions b. hal laml, . duopl:CT of vicious d~cal (Nlu,. lion bas evolved. Lik the MuUinpr parish pr'''''reanand I. ! he end or Supltm H~,. "
"i,.
diau: sadism in threats he Iltgins to tpeak of dcpa
? luolll\. O,,:h irla harritt' ( <<j. O ). Havina rdievcd his imme?
McCor- m id &ani' number of intensely KmimentlJ ninetccn. h-Q'nlury b4ll1ads on Ihe aenelllilheme of 'he Itishm. on comp<:lled la leave
" C_", II. Ij"",
,,). _ }<')I<<'I 'UIY"'" (1910; HI",. . ,. . . _,h, I'mru;o I0;06J~ '".
Rot. . of"inBookIII 43
~
.
? hi. true love and seck affiuen. x OV<nCU. These lIllIy be construed a, agroup wurce for 111. 2. As we hav~ KCn, A heu conLaim ""r? Lainelemenn common to Joyce, and hi, departure IIllIY encomp. . . th~ artificer', fligh,. As Joy",,'s spiritual advance led Nck to Irish mythology with FW, W A ' , deparrurc lead, to a return in III. ).
But instead of his beloved -l, fur whom he is initially sea~hing (478. 0)-)0), he ertCOuntel'$ four old mtn and a donkey.
The Drama Parapolylollic
! n. 3is A'S'dramaparapolylog:ic',". . again" 111,'-2 which oon? tain hu 'dream monologue' (474. 04-5). It i, alm01t wholly dircct speech, hut we are ","vcr told who . pealu. It is bow. ver usually possible to re<:<>gnize the voicet of x qucationing A, and hi, upH. . , but at a later >tag<: Other voices invade the simple alternation and one must dissect with grCllt care.
The chapter i. sited upon ! he Hill of Uisneach, Ihe luppoocd centre of Ireland and th~ m<<:,ing point of its provinces. The hill lica midway between Mulling", and Athlone, ncar the river B! 'O! lna
(474. W), and ha. a long hi'tory . . an "sembly pla"", particularly in oonnection with the lighting of M;iy~e fire. . At 476. 03-8 we arc infonned tha, the li! "St member of l<, M;inhcw, 'was traipsing through the tangle . . . and hi. ~tationwa, a few perch to the Wtll,h. e! "Side of the \moll Asnneh and i, wa. from no other place unl. . .
Utere, bow and ever, that h~ proxtcndcd aloof upon the ethe< Mesmer'. AI. anuum, the hand making silence. ' The other part, "fxfollow, and they find A (Yawn) sprawled asleep in tl>cir midst, wh. T<:upon ,hey spread nets ovcr him. The implications of ! hi.
action become to! "tUou? .
Initially the casting of net>upon a 'Ieepilli figure ,uggcan Gul.
li,? cr pinned down by the Lilliputians. But if A'S flight and return mimic tOO$< ofJoyce we IIllIY again n:member Par",,,, V: 'When the loul of. nun is born in this country there aU ncu flung al it (0 hold it hack from flighl. ' Further, Xarc specifically fishermen drawing their seine net. through the 'planckton' (477. t 8-~6), Per? haps Max Planck's quaM", energy unil$ in planktonic profusion, toge! her with Ihe earlier referene<: lQ ether, prediale a tetrad of
radi<:> npcraton hopefully ,weepini the waveband,. . Marthew ext. nds Mesmer', h:ond upon the ether: Mesmer believed tha. in- fluence! ! wer. oondU(:l(:d between heavenly bodies, the corth and living bodi. . via 'a fiuid, univtrJally diffused and oontinued, I<>
? as to admit no """uurn, who", sUbtlety i. beyond . n comparioon. ' The 'tage"mesmerist's "'ised hand supplies funher connotations of . piri,u. ali$m, which M' alr. . . dy b<<n discuued" this episode.
Once com~ct is es",bli. hed betwcen Xand A they ask hi. name, to whkh he replies 'TrinatMn parmick dieudonnay' (478. 16). A. A PUTOUCS a via """if, we might identify 'dieudonnay' . . the God- give" M""i. ah. This leaves two names which, hy comparison with
theres,ofFW,canbeSlated10include~ ofTris""',JCIlUIthan Swift. nd St Patrick. Now, th ese "",,"ons arc frequently connected with both C and A, "" il i. not their A-ness which i. being stressed here. Swift may be present 10 feinfora: the GullivOT ailusion jusl noted, hut Tr;'tan. nd Palrick are a. soci. atcd in FW for similarities such a. their conncetio"", with Brittany and their r<<urrent Irish visits. Patrick, aCCQrding In hi' Con/enio, III, rdurn<<! to Ireland . 0$ a result ofhearilli 'the voice ofth<>se who were ncar the Wood of Foclu! ', in Co. Mayo, John, Ihe fourth unit of X, represents the West oflrcland, and replies to A'S mention of Foelut 'I know IMt plac<: Ix"er than any",,",' (478. 36), before conf. . . ing it with Poldoody, a famous oY'. <"t pool in Co. Oare.
"areofCourSC""ekingm ("majes'a,,'),andin! IO farat A;. "'. . trick, m will be "'iikhu,hi, ma"er during his first Irish sojourn.
Patrick gu. arded Milchu', h. . . -. H from the wolves, and left I. . . ,land on a ohip arrying Irish wolfhounds. " Thus on being reminded
of his ex_mUter A cxdaill1$ (abo echoing Parnell) 'The _lves of Fochlut! 0. :. no. Oingamejig ro ,he lwolvesl' (479. 13-14). T his
amuSCS x: wolves arc p<:rhaps now ex,i~t in Ireland.
Anention reverts to A's 'mound or barrow'. A. we ob<<rved, Ihe leKendary colonist Parthalon is a m model; accordillll to the An~al$0/'M F()u, M<1. ! ,. rl he and hi. followers were ext<"tminated by plague and butied" Tallaghl, a southwestern ""telli'e of Ihe me""polis_ Gre~n H ilt. , originally a vi llage near T alLaaft t, suggests tumuli by its name and i. conseQuently tied '" the event by '94. 35 and here by 4&0. 08. But )( suggests tMt '<"te there was
this plaguehurrow, ? ? you seem to coll it, the", wa, a buria! banell, the boatofmillion9 of yean . . . an orangeboat . . . Dnken af Dane- m<>rk 1___ Hennn I' (479-24-33)- Burial in boa. . was a Viking insti_ tution: the boat carrying the corpte would be Oct adrift, burning, as in the myth of Balder. Entire boa" were als" interred, for enmple. , Gokstad and Oscberg. 'The boat of millions of yeaTS' w"" Ihe vessel in which, according to the pries" of RIi at Helio-
polis, the sun-rod and the ! lOuis of the b! esscd travelled from
The Drama Parapolylogi( 43
? lunlnW lumi. . ",. anddearlyI'<:late. totheHennu_boatofO. iri,. But A, thinking only of the Viking dl;lgOnboats and of hi' W<llf- houndo, retorts, 'Her I;lven flag was out. ' The pirate boats of the Dublin Danes had raven flags. )( must 'till be using 'heir int. . . . . pI'<:ler, for {bey comment 'That folklore', straight from the a. . hi' mouth. '
A i. principally concerned about Ihe wolve? . VI. B. 20. 91 gives 'A named Milky becsu. . , Wolfy smacked him', which can be tied to 480. 21-32, a, can VI. B. "3. 94: 'Rohinson's . hield for W<llfcuho'. I: and A are fr"'lunuly re:prcsenu:d as Rnmulus and Remus and Ih<<e may <xi. . here: Iri. h parallels such as tho. . , of Cormac ,\U(:Ai" and Saints Ailbe and Hairre who weI'<: . uckled by W<llve. . . . A say' . hat he was . uckled by m (480. '4), which may explain his reticence over 'the man I gO in fcar of' (48t. p). X e~. ract fragmen. ary infantile anamnesis much connttted with
Patrick'. CMtf""i"(48). IS- 48S. 01), and ' espOnd contemptuously, their r<:Sponlle drawiOi on ? nOle of VI. B. S. 30:
oboeenity of rdigi'>u'
art veronica', towel butcher', apron, sacred heat! , beggars at atholic shrines <xbibh ilumps oflimb? . giveWI a
luck of your . ugarstick and I'll show you my . ore toe
Next, beginning to suspect A of fraud ('Thot'. never the postal cleric'), X make nile ofhypnotic-<'lpiritualistic lechniques (4Sti. '4- 31) to induce in bim a 'triprych vision' of Tris. . . ", hold<: and
Patrick. " They eventually draw forth part of rTf. a<<rer, conform- ing to the depravity tbey anticipated (49Ll7-'lO), but tbis is countered by tbe intruaion nf A', voice at 492. 13 to 'traverse ",me above ''''tement'. A il aorion. to lramfer the blame from her hU9- hand W one Sully, a writer of anonymous lellen and scorrilous
ballad, (495. 0'-3), but )( in,is. ma. ohe it misled (-49S. 36). Now, 'a,iring oul of her mirgery margery waler-sh<:ad~', )( ,urn_
mon new witnesses, including 0 (491. 04-499. 03) and . , (499. 04- "Si. Ii. ". W? ? ,",_II<,('><;>1,<'i,.
"SitJohnGilb<n. AHisl,,? " . . . . . C<o;t~I)wIomo(Dubl. . ,Do. o/I)'. $(1)I. 21).
'I! dnl~ndL Epol<irt,:n. . o. M. M"S,,,,,,,"Dod"'",(c. . toonda1candI! <lwanll? . -ilk, Soo. thcT. nlli>oio Uni-. ill' I'mo '971), 111-)6.
? (~t}. 09-24) he il credited with the hiah. kicking con. vubiOf\l for which 'Jambs' hin\$elf was famous, By ron. . . . . , " il lUI opc:oatic; ,mot,lpecifically John McConnadt, who>><: I. uibu'''' in ",\ation to " . '" dilCUssM by Adoline Glash<<n," We lhould particularly note McCoonMd<'s l$$OCi. otion Wilh n. . . . Giowmri and ocber items of ,,'I 'CJ)Crtoirc, and his emiaration to America, where be: "'te and . t~ood, drink, violin! , mom. """n, toy trains, chalk. ,. , l'ICltto, Rodin_nd grew heavier and heavierand heavier, . . kind
o f w o n d e r o f l l t e m e e . l y m a l e r i a l . ' E v e n i n 11 1. 4 , K e v i n i l ' 0 ' w e n d him 10 Amodo;:a to qIXS' a ,,",slty job' (562. 3 ' ),
TIw: Idulation ha. owed upon " in 111. 2 il of COUrse p. ecisely lha. dcsiNd by I: in 119. 35-180. 07 IIId reIIccu the 'cult or the divo' which,. . Stuart Gitm t lell. us," was in Edwardian Dublin punued10Idea"'" unknown""",n in Itlly. But "aun' il addi,ion? aUy ? puish pd. ,. " wh"""", much of 1M di1fe",,,,,,, betwftn the lint and _ d WI. ch", deri,'es. T o undern. nd thi. _ mWt re- member lilt . . . i? ? '. ltilariou. jealousy of the confessor, in Poma;1
V
I prin'ro jXilalIn. , with a brothel I poli= n in Dublin and. brother a potboy in Moycullen. T o him she would unveil her soul', shy n. akcdneu, to ODe wbo WI' bUI Khooled io <be discbaraina or I fonnal rile ratMr ! hao 10 him, I pries. of eternal irnaaiNtion, lrammu. ing! he <bity b. ead orCOl"" i. . . ,ce iDto ! he rIodiaIt. body ofcverli. . ;. ,g lire.
ReliPln and st:nII. li,y I t t rfttrlined in I II. ' : " simply <<hoes lilt 'Credo' attribu<<d to Joon M. . ,HI\e in 'G race' in Dub/inn_, a. 4' 1. 21. Hi. ",lati<:m, hipi . '" pl"onic lod oedipal, II at 4' }. O)-
z6. I Ie il Iiru ny brouKhl down with Knlim~nla1ity OV~r bis moth~r (426,02- ,6) and indignation over ! he insult 10 her offerro by t:'s
I~". . . VI. R. )I. l SO notes: '" chealro if 110' meel mother in heaven. '
In 111. 2 " i, . . . ract<d by hi. young silttr -t From Ih. "rly drafts, wheN he merely rq>nll 10 htr . he prohibitions b. hal laml, . duopl:CT of vicious d~cal (Nlu,. lion bas evolved. Lik the MuUinpr parish pr'''''reanand I. ! he end or Supltm H~,. "
"i,.
diau: sadism in threats he Iltgins to tpeak of dcpa
? luolll\. O,,:h irla harritt' ( <<j. O ). Havina rdievcd his imme?
McCor- m id &ani' number of intensely KmimentlJ ninetccn. h-Q'nlury b4ll1ads on Ihe aenelllilheme of 'he Itishm. on comp<:lled la leave
" C_", II. Ij"",
,,). _ }<')I<<'I 'UIY"'" (1910; HI",. . ,. . . _,h, I'mru;o I0;06J~ '".
Rot. . of"inBookIII 43
~
.
? hi. true love and seck affiuen. x OV<nCU. These lIllIy be construed a, agroup wurce for 111. 2. As we hav~ KCn, A heu conLaim ""r? Lainelemenn common to Joyce, and hi, departure IIllIY encomp. . . th~ artificer', fligh,. As Joy",,'s spiritual advance led Nck to Irish mythology with FW, W A ' , deparrurc lead, to a return in III. ).
But instead of his beloved -l, fur whom he is initially sea~hing (478. 0)-)0), he ertCOuntel'$ four old mtn and a donkey.
The Drama Parapolylollic
! n. 3is A'S'dramaparapolylog:ic',". . again" 111,'-2 which oon? tain hu 'dream monologue' (474. 04-5). It i, alm01t wholly dircct speech, hut we are ","vcr told who . pealu. It is bow. ver usually possible to re<:<>gnize the voicet of x qucationing A, and hi, upH. . , but at a later >tag<: Other voices invade the simple alternation and one must dissect with grCllt care.
The chapter i. sited upon ! he Hill of Uisneach, Ihe luppoocd centre of Ireland and th~ m<<:,ing point of its provinces. The hill lica midway between Mulling", and Athlone, ncar the river B! 'O! lna
(474. W), and ha. a long hi'tory . . an "sembly pla"", particularly in oonnection with the lighting of M;iy~e fire. . At 476. 03-8 we arc infonned tha, the li! "St member of l<, M;inhcw, 'was traipsing through the tangle . . . and hi. ~tationwa, a few perch to the Wtll,h. e! "Side of the \moll Asnneh and i, wa. from no other place unl. . .
Utere, bow and ever, that h~ proxtcndcd aloof upon the ethe< Mesmer'. AI. anuum, the hand making silence. ' The other part, "fxfollow, and they find A (Yawn) sprawled asleep in tl>cir midst, wh. T<:upon ,hey spread nets ovcr him. The implications of ! hi.
action become to! "tUou? .
Initially the casting of net>upon a 'Ieepilli figure ,uggcan Gul.
li,? cr pinned down by the Lilliputians. But if A'S flight and return mimic tOO$< ofJoyce we IIllIY again n:member Par",,,, V: 'When the loul of. nun is born in this country there aU ncu flung al it (0 hold it hack from flighl. ' Further, Xarc specifically fishermen drawing their seine net. through the 'planckton' (477. t 8-~6), Per? haps Max Planck's quaM", energy unil$ in planktonic profusion, toge! her with Ihe earlier referene<: lQ ether, prediale a tetrad of
radi<:> npcraton hopefully ,weepini the waveband,. . Marthew ext. nds Mesmer', h:ond upon the ether: Mesmer believed tha. in- fluence! ! wer. oondU(:l(:d between heavenly bodies, the corth and living bodi. . via 'a fiuid, univtrJally diffused and oontinued, I<>
? as to admit no """uurn, who", sUbtlety i. beyond . n comparioon. ' The 'tage"mesmerist's "'ised hand supplies funher connotations of . piri,u. ali$m, which M' alr. . . dy b<<n discuued" this episode.
Once com~ct is es",bli. hed betwcen Xand A they ask hi. name, to whkh he replies 'TrinatMn parmick dieudonnay' (478. 16). A. A PUTOUCS a via """if, we might identify 'dieudonnay' . . the God- give" M""i. ah. This leaves two names which, hy comparison with
theres,ofFW,canbeSlated10include~ ofTris""',JCIlUIthan Swift. nd St Patrick. Now, th ese "",,"ons arc frequently connected with both C and A, "" il i. not their A-ness which i. being stressed here. Swift may be present 10 feinfora: the GullivOT ailusion jusl noted, hut Tr;'tan. nd Palrick are a. soci. atcd in FW for similarities such a. their conncetio"", with Brittany and their r<<urrent Irish visits. Patrick, aCCQrding In hi' Con/enio, III, rdurn<<! to Ireland . 0$ a result ofhearilli 'the voice ofth<>se who were ncar the Wood of Foclu! ', in Co. Mayo, John, Ihe fourth unit of X, represents the West oflrcland, and replies to A'S mention of Foelut 'I know IMt plac<: Ix"er than any",,",' (478. 36), before conf. . . ing it with Poldoody, a famous oY'. <"t pool in Co. Oare.
"areofCourSC""ekingm ("majes'a,,'),andin! IO farat A;. "'. . trick, m will be "'iikhu,hi, ma"er during his first Irish sojourn.
Patrick gu. arded Milchu', h. . . -. H from the wolves, and left I. . . ,land on a ohip arrying Irish wolfhounds. " Thus on being reminded
of his ex_mUter A cxdaill1$ (abo echoing Parnell) 'The _lves of Fochlut! 0. :. no. Oingamejig ro ,he lwolvesl' (479. 13-14). T his
amuSCS x: wolves arc p<:rhaps now ex,i~t in Ireland.
Anention reverts to A's 'mound or barrow'. A. we ob<<rved, Ihe leKendary colonist Parthalon is a m model; accordillll to the An~al$0/'M F()u, M<1. ! ,. rl he and hi. followers were ext<"tminated by plague and butied" Tallaghl, a southwestern ""telli'e of Ihe me""polis_ Gre~n H ilt. , originally a vi llage near T alLaaft t, suggests tumuli by its name and i. conseQuently tied '" the event by '94. 35 and here by 4&0. 08. But )( suggests tMt '<"te there was
this plaguehurrow, ? ? you seem to coll it, the", wa, a buria! banell, the boatofmillion9 of yean . . . an orangeboat . . . Dnken af Dane- m<>rk 1___ Hennn I' (479-24-33)- Burial in boa. . was a Viking insti_ tution: the boat carrying the corpte would be Oct adrift, burning, as in the myth of Balder. Entire boa" were als" interred, for enmple. , Gokstad and Oscberg. 'The boat of millions of yeaTS' w"" Ihe vessel in which, according to the pries" of RIi at Helio-
polis, the sun-rod and the ! lOuis of the b! esscd travelled from
The Drama Parapolylogi( 43
? lunlnW lumi. . ",. anddearlyI'<:late. totheHennu_boatofO. iri,. But A, thinking only of the Viking dl;lgOnboats and of hi' W<llf- houndo, retorts, 'Her I;lven flag was out. ' The pirate boats of the Dublin Danes had raven flags. )( must 'till be using 'heir int. . . . . pI'<:ler, for {bey comment 'That folklore', straight from the a. . hi' mouth. '
A i. principally concerned about Ihe wolve? . VI. B. 20. 91 gives 'A named Milky becsu. . , Wolfy smacked him', which can be tied to 480. 21-32, a, can VI. B. "3. 94: 'Rohinson's . hield for W<llfcuho'. I: and A are fr"'lunuly re:prcsenu:d as Rnmulus and Remus and Ih<<e may <xi. . here: Iri. h parallels such as tho. . , of Cormac ,\U(:Ai" and Saints Ailbe and Hairre who weI'<: . uckled by W<llve. . . . A say' . hat he was . uckled by m (480. '4), which may explain his reticence over 'the man I gO in fcar of' (48t. p). X e~. ract fragmen. ary infantile anamnesis much connttted with
Patrick'. CMtf""i"(48). IS- 48S. 01), and ' espOnd contemptuously, their r<:Sponlle drawiOi on ? nOle of VI. B. S. 30:
oboeenity of rdigi'>u'
art veronica', towel butcher', apron, sacred heat! , beggars at atholic shrines <xbibh ilumps oflimb? . giveWI a
luck of your . ugarstick and I'll show you my . ore toe
Next, beginning to suspect A of fraud ('Thot'. never the postal cleric'), X make nile ofhypnotic-<'lpiritualistic lechniques (4Sti. '4- 31) to induce in bim a 'triprych vision' of Tris. . . ", hold<: and
Patrick. " They eventually draw forth part of rTf. a<<rer, conform- ing to the depravity tbey anticipated (49Ll7-'lO), but tbis is countered by tbe intruaion nf A', voice at 492. 13 to 'traverse ",me above ''''tement'. A il aorion. to lramfer the blame from her hU9- hand W one Sully, a writer of anonymous lellen and scorrilous
ballad, (495. 0'-3), but )( in,is. ma. ohe it misled (-49S. 36). Now, 'a,iring oul of her mirgery margery waler-sh<:ad~', )( ,urn_
mon new witnesses, including 0 (491. 04-499. 03) and . , (499. 04- "Si. Ii. ". W? ? ,",_II<,('><;>1,<'i,.
