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gH ture compicmentin llthat of " a nd th~ liquid Clcmol uttennce W 1. 8i. . ues f! "(lm the ~1m. Even thi, m. o,y derive f! "(lm TUto. <UIJ W(J. . . . . . M aIO, (or we nead tItoe<<o" '1\ u. cful fiau~ under which
. . . i","",int . hi. IcmpOn. lnina: process of '~ntenlivc abomctlon" would be 10 consider it I t an act of bringing 1M de4d 10 life. -n. . L i,lndeed the minclc that it contemplated. . . . The matcrialiS! of lodly i. l1il1 OMMSEd with the wi. h to make this dud ! I1J. ttcr T. al: onlym ismore. ubtlc,andheknowsOtt}'wdllhatilcannotbe
" "l"b< Vt. D _ . - . . . . . . cop;. . ! by. \\M< IUpbotL ldI~ the v ! . c . - 11<><1 ,1\0 oricU'o>lo '~. OOQ"""d. 100,. Vt. ! l? S ~ . . . Oft vr. c. ? . "" 00 ? VI. D. ? . IIO? io VI. C. "'? 6-
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The NOlion of T irM 35
? 36 The Sigla of FimugilJU Woikt
"real" if il romains "duo;\" and "maner". So he bringo it to life,
by pumping it full of "time", unti! it j. a quickllilvor benuth hi, """". .
If 1. 6 oompri",. A" terminal USC. ,ment of m, 1. 8 compril'" 1:'0lenninal . ,saSIDent of &. Once A h. . f= lly di. claimtd or excommunicated him, C raises hi. Hfewand, augur'. rod or pen in the exercise of hi. legitimau. function. VI. D. 2 . 48 (VI. C. 3. 225) has:
C nC)[ mystical- . . . ying world
i. strongor but in . . . ying I undeUland
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Detailtd commen,aty on 1. 8 i, "'tained for chllptor S b<:low,
b u t i t i , c o n v e n i e n t h o r e , o e u m i n e i t s f u n c t i o n i n b o o k I . I n I1Ot . . on a copy of An"" Lit. 'a Plur~II. , apparently made during a con- ver&ation with Joyc<:, Professor E. R. Curtiu. wrote '''I 8 episod. . art a kind of imm<:tlK . hadow'. " I hllve already indica,td the
deterioration ofwuthor in Ihe earHer parts of book I : in the Ian. . . . part. this i. assisted by the onset of nightfall. Dukntss inhibits intorclw1ge$ between I: and A by limiting their wukc. faculti. . . .
Accordina to Vl. B. 20. 74:
I: ~ . . . r
A heart eye
Thus in lh<: dusk of 1. 6 (158. 06-' $9-<>5) 'The Mooh<: had ?
sound ey. . . right but he could not all bear. The Gripes had ligbt u n kft yet be could but ill see. He ceased. ' Pu. ing through the gloomy chamber of 1. 7 we find a parallel sirwnion in 1. 8. One woman cal. . OUt 'My 'ights a", swimming thicker on me by the . hlldow, to thi, plact:' (2'5. 09-. 0). The mher, who has been ques_ tioning her about m and . 01. , complain. that she cannot hear 'he answers for the noi. . , of wate. . . and $ltU. ll life. They cease also, and this . uppre. .
ion ofexternal communication herald. the int. . . . . . ior world of book II.
Let us compare furth<;. the dUlk! ! of 1. 6 and 1. 8:
Then there came down to the thither bo. nk a woman of no appearance (I believe she WllJ a Black with chill. al her (<<t) and she gathered up hi. hoariness the Monkse (IS8. 25-7)
? The Notion of Time 31 MyfOOlWQn'tmoo<. I fe. ol . . oId. . yonder dm. (21". 14-
. . . . . d Ihett came down to the hieber bank ? . . . . . . . . . . ,. to . U imponanl (lhouah Ihty . . y lhal "'-: _ comdy, $pile
the c:oId in her heed) and ? . ? w piuckcd down the GI i. . . . . (158? 3t-,)
M yhohead II. oll$. 1feel at helvy II yonder $lone. (:1. 15. ]iS- 3. 6. 01)
I think Wi: are obliged to . . . . :ocniu the women who pther up thtc MookK and the Gripes . . identical with the waoherwomm who Iprcad laundry in 1. &. The Ittribution of C:? neos and . . . ? 1lQ1 10 f. . . . . . k rather than ro m. ole ""nom is unmual in FW. From 2,). 1,-6 _ oh . . " tha, the woman who lib, and who will bt:c. . ,,,, ? stone, places stones on lhe M leillbe. ob, ,,? hilst lhc who aMWeOl, and will become . tree, hallil up ? butcher', . pron ro dry, on <be other bank. "IlK ilm>1 of wllhil18 must th. . . . "'tvCl be paradiamati( of t:: and . . . .
C. K. O,den', apparently authorized commenlary on hil re<:ordin, of Joy(e ,cadil18 from 1. 8 includes a gloss on 'M y branchCllof,y art takil18 rool' (~13. t3)' 'AI the end of the ilOC)', OI"IC! woman is turned. into a [fOC and the other into a Itone. At
tim poi'll tM woman who;. to bc turned inro . tree teeI hetldf pietuttd upside . . . . . . . . . in the: "'Ier, in lhc form thol she later
WCl. . . . Mcumorphosi. hal been anticipated from . <;16. 0$-06: 'You'll die whm you hear. ' The women . urn shadowy ('we',. . ,
urn"- all') . nd b<&in'o speak of departures. Ogdm 'ltaDSla! n' US. lo-,! 'I'll lIohomcdowlynowby my . . . . y, to Moyv:allcy. And to will I, ro Rathminn. ' MnyvaUy (lee figure 2) i. on the: Royal Canal, and Rothmine. JUSI ooulh or the Gnnd Canal, which I. . . , thereby Lln~d to t:: and . . . rC1'P<<1ivdy, . . the elm . ""aQ Ii"! , and Ihen the $lone. The canals circunncrib< the Uffey, and wt:re originally OJ)CTtted by rin. ! companin. 1:::-'" polarily il ul. . . . . Uy l<:ft-flgbt poI'rity, which kys with Ihe po&itions ofthe e. ",. ! . , the Ray_I 01> Ihe Left. tw. ! <, d>c: Grand on W ri&hL
T h e w o m e n t r y 10 k c c - p o n e a n o I h c r a l i v e ( ' H o , t a l k " " " u s l ' ) but I"" wi<lmina riYcr pulls Ibcm _ward and its roar bt. nkm thrir voicn. ,. ,. . , ~Lm di$CO? C1"I her r_ roo<td. W ,ron~ <hal he, bead. il lOO hnvy to IUPPOCL U",b~ 10 rommunical( they d! I' a p p u t inlO I wintry night of toUl unknowing.
. . N. . " i~80M &or/i'"'"',I><A""", I. i. . . PIw"/14 R_ ~ted "j""""" ? (Sop. . . . bo. '969), ,0.
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gH ture compicmentin llthat of " a nd th~ liquid Clcmol uttennce W 1. 8i. . ues f! "(lm the ~1m. Even thi, m. o,y derive f! "(lm TUto. <UIJ W(J. . . . . . M aIO, (or we nead tItoe<<o" '1\ u. cful fiau~ under which
. . . i","",int . hi. IcmpOn. lnina: process of '~ntenlivc abomctlon" would be 10 consider it I t an act of bringing 1M de4d 10 life. -n. . L i,lndeed the minclc that it contemplated. . . . The matcrialiS! of lodly i. l1il1 OMMSEd with the wi. h to make this dud ! I1J. ttcr T. al: onlym ismore. ubtlc,andheknowsOtt}'wdllhatilcannotbe
" "l"b< Vt. D _ . - . . . . . . cop;. . ! by. \\M< IUpbotL ldI~ the v ! . c . - 11<><1 ,1\0 oricU'o>lo '~. OOQ"""d. 100,. Vt. ! l? S ~ . . . Oft vr. c. ? . "" 00 ? VI. D. ? . IIO? io VI. C. "'? 6-
"P. 'IV,. . . u. . nL<. rio, r_-'IF. . . . . . . "'_{I,M" ,Ooono""". . . . . . . . . '''1~ 'J'D.
The NOlion of T irM 35
? 36 The Sigla of FimugilJU Woikt
"real" if il romains "duo;\" and "maner". So he bringo it to life,
by pumping it full of "time", unti! it j. a quickllilvor benuth hi, """". .
If 1. 6 oompri",. A" terminal USC. ,ment of m, 1. 8 compril'" 1:'0lenninal . ,saSIDent of &. Once A h. . f= lly di. claimtd or excommunicated him, C raises hi. Hfewand, augur'. rod or pen in the exercise of hi. legitimau. function. VI. D. 2 . 48 (VI. C. 3. 225) has:
C nC)[ mystical- . . . ying world
i. strongor but in . . . ying I undeUland
w',
Detailtd commen,aty on 1. 8 i, "'tained for chllptor S b<:low,
b u t i t i , c o n v e n i e n t h o r e , o e u m i n e i t s f u n c t i o n i n b o o k I . I n I1Ot . . on a copy of An"" Lit. 'a Plur~II. , apparently made during a con- ver&ation with Joyc<:, Professor E. R. Curtiu. wrote '''I 8 episod. . art a kind of imm<:tlK . hadow'. " I hllve already indica,td the
deterioration ofwuthor in Ihe earHer parts of book I : in the Ian. . . . part. this i. assisted by the onset of nightfall. Dukntss inhibits intorclw1ge$ between I: and A by limiting their wukc. faculti. . . .
Accordina to Vl. B. 20. 74:
I: ~ . . . r
A heart eye
Thus in lh<: dusk of 1. 6 (158. 06-' $9-<>5) 'The Mooh<: had ?
sound ey. . . right but he could not all bear. The Gripes had ligbt u n kft yet be could but ill see. He ceased. ' Pu. ing through the gloomy chamber of 1. 7 we find a parallel sirwnion in 1. 8. One woman cal. . OUt 'My 'ights a", swimming thicker on me by the . hlldow, to thi, plact:' (2'5. 09-. 0). The mher, who has been ques_ tioning her about m and . 01. , complain. that she cannot hear 'he answers for the noi. . , of wate. . . and $ltU. ll life. They cease also, and this . uppre. .
ion ofexternal communication herald. the int. . . . . . ior world of book II.
Let us compare furth<;. the dUlk! ! of 1. 6 and 1. 8:
Then there came down to the thither bo. nk a woman of no appearance (I believe she WllJ a Black with chill. al her (<<t) and she gathered up hi. hoariness the Monkse (IS8. 25-7)
? The Notion of Time 31 MyfOOlWQn'tmoo<. I fe. ol . . oId. . yonder dm. (21". 14-
. . . . . d Ihett came down to the hieber bank ? . . . . . . . . . . ,. to . U imponanl (lhouah Ihty . . y lhal "'-: _ comdy, $pile
the c:oId in her heed) and ? . ? w piuckcd down the GI i. . . . . (158? 3t-,)
M yhohead II. oll$. 1feel at helvy II yonder $lone. (:1. 15. ]iS- 3. 6. 01)
I think Wi: are obliged to . . . . :ocniu the women who pther up thtc MookK and the Gripes . . identical with the waoherwomm who Iprcad laundry in 1. &. The Ittribution of C:? neos and . . . ? 1lQ1 10 f. . . . . . k rather than ro m. ole ""nom is unmual in FW. From 2,). 1,-6 _ oh . . " tha, the woman who lib, and who will bt:c. . ,,,, ? stone, places stones on lhe M leillbe. ob, ,,? hilst lhc who aMWeOl, and will become . tree, hallil up ? butcher', . pron ro dry, on <be other bank. "IlK ilm>1 of wllhil18 must th. . . . "'tvCl be paradiamati( of t:: and . . . .
C. K. O,den', apparently authorized commenlary on hil re<:ordin, of Joy(e ,cadil18 from 1. 8 includes a gloss on 'M y branchCllof,y art takil18 rool' (~13. t3)' 'AI the end of the ilOC)', OI"IC! woman is turned. into a [fOC and the other into a Itone. At
tim poi'll tM woman who;. to bc turned inro . tree teeI hetldf pietuttd upside . . . . . . . . . in the: "'Ier, in lhc form thol she later
WCl. . . . Mcumorphosi. hal been anticipated from . <;16. 0$-06: 'You'll die whm you hear. ' The women . urn shadowy ('we',. . ,
urn"- all') . nd b<&in'o speak of departures. Ogdm 'ltaDSla! n' US. lo-,! 'I'll lIohomcdowlynowby my . . . . y, to Moyv:allcy. And to will I, ro Rathminn. ' MnyvaUy (lee figure 2) i. on the: Royal Canal, and Rothmine. JUSI ooulh or the Gnnd Canal, which I. . . , thereby Lln~d to t:: and . . . rC1'P<<1ivdy, . . the elm . ""aQ Ii"! , and Ihen the $lone. The canals circunncrib< the Uffey, and wt:re originally OJ)CTtted by rin. ! companin. 1:::-'" polarily il ul. . . . . Uy l<:ft-flgbt poI'rity, which kys with Ihe po&itions ofthe e. ",. ! . , the Ray_I 01> Ihe Left. tw. ! <, d>c: Grand on W ri&hL
T h e w o m e n t r y 10 k c c - p o n e a n o I h c r a l i v e ( ' H o , t a l k " " " u s l ' ) but I"" wi<lmina riYcr pulls Ibcm _ward and its roar bt. nkm thrir voicn. ,. ,. . , ~Lm di$CO? C1"I her r_ roo<td. W ,ron~ <hal he, bead. il lOO hnvy to IUPPOCL U",b~ 10 rommunical( they d! I' a p p u t inlO I wintry night of toUl unknowing.
. . N. . " i~80M &or/i'"'"',I><A""", I. i. . . PIw"/14 R_ ~ted "j""""" ? (Sop. . . . bo. '969), ,0.
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