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children, knowing the gtnera] form. of rrurrriage gam", would naturally <tInce in drde form 10 any ballad verses in which marriage or love and couruhip OCCurs . . . [line games1 a", pme. of com. . "t, wher<:as the circle games are gam. . in which a homogtneou. group of persom ore per- forming a ""remooy belonging entirely 10 themselv. . . The ceremony ioof a religiow; dUltllCkr, a. in 'Oats and Beo. nt and Barley',or 'Old Roger', dedicated ro a spirit intimately connected with the group who pcrfonn it, and having noth- ing belonging to any outside group. The position of the marriagearemony in this group is peculiar. It has """led down from the more primitive sta. e of thingo shown in the line marriage g"n",. , and has acquired a more social and domestic form. . . . -Ille remaina ofthe line and circle form, as deno. ing opponents and friendly oommunion can, I
think, be traced in old play1 and old methods of acting. In old panlOll'limC1, the demons or evil spirits and their followers enter on One . ide and stand in lines; the good. fairy and her followers enter on the opposite . ide and stand in line; the principal characters advance from the" line:, and
talk ddiano: to each other. "
n f oCCurs in the evtning, the time tnO$. propitious for both street gamesand pantomimes. The pantomimC1 chiefly centribu,_ ing are the famous Christma. performances allhe Gaiety Theatre, proprietor Michael Gunn. The precise matching of the angels (A, St Michael) and devil. (I:, L ucifer), compared to their imhabn"" in books I and II I, favou,", tIte ""turn, after a fash;'m, of m, wh<l
is equated with Gunn. Unlike the c,,"mour of di1Crnhodicd VOiCC1 in III. ), . his drama i. an inflexible, ste""'typed, inV<JCatory ritual depending upon gesture and imitation to convey its subtleties.
"AbulI<,tIuG<mn>o,17uT. . . . do? "",. . {a-. . . j~t-l, &. ,t-l. odhu-d IT, <9' , )0.
Old R<>gec ('Old Rogec i. dead and i. laid in
his grave') , Queen Mary (,One morning I ro"" and I looked
in the glu. ')
Ang<:b and Devils 57
? S8 The Sigla of Fimug~m Wa. lt.
Entitled Th. Mom. of Mick, Nick and rhe Majy(i<. (A, I: and 0), itopenswith programme [10(. . on 219-12. The pufonnaru;e take. place under the disringuished palr. mq;e "f X. The Briti. h Museum manuscripU feature a hot nf . igla entries corresponding
'0 the dramo. r;, P<"JOtIIM," though not in the sequence finally produced (I:, A,. . , . . . . . , . 01. , m, 0, ! II and K). A. in the Gaiety panlo- mimes the advertisement memon. tbe 'tra. mformation . cene'. "
Thehi,trionicsopenal 122. 12wi,h thean,itl>cti""l presentation of I: and A. Then 0 or . . . . . (' twintomin. ') allegorically enact the four . yllabl. . of 'hdiO(rope' (223. 09-11) which I: ha. to IOu. . ,.
While he seek. in. pintion (223. 27-33), <> form a 'lineup' behind A, their 'commoner guardian' (11+24). I: make. the<< incorrect gue. . . . (225. 11-7) and it derided by 0, who perform flnral ring_ danc. . around A, run a. . . . . y and 00"" hack. Thi. sequence CQO_ tain. 'the Ireaonent of the double rainbow in which the iriric CQloun are finot no"""l and then reversed', as Joyce puts il in hi.
k tter quoted arove.
In ll7. t9-131. 09 the ,lage i. rd<gated to the OU{CII. { 1:. Hi.
search for an inward light or the d. . i",d CQlour HlUll''''''' the orchctypal growth of adolescent romantic poetry. A. in 1. 7 a bio_ graphical matrix includes the escalating piety "f Stephen in Por- " air IV (227. 29-228. 01) and the Psrit-Zurich exile of Joyce, whence he di>patched hi. fiTSt epi. tle to the Hebrew. (128. 05- 119. 07). Th;" grod. . into U{y. . . . ('I made them take it! '): 119. 13- 16 l;'to its 'OdyO$Cy' section. That view which demand. plliemics of UIy. . . , sees Joyce needling thef~ th. atcrippled him, expos- illi hi' progenitors' wcaknestts. In hi. lm er Joyce called C . epis! ! e 'blackmail orutr'. Bul as he an. oly1<:$ his ba~und and hi, web of ",La,ives, (230. 26-231. 04), I: hecomes nosralgic and b t e a t h . . fouT l i n <:$of e c s r a t i c " ' g r e t ( 231. 0 S - 8 ). T h e t t a b Q f h o r n c - . id<ru:o.
s COOC\ll"$ w'th a shooting pain in the root of h;" wisdnm t<>nth (imny), contorting the featur. . of hi. fa~ and ni,ing hi. temperalUre. The 'chewer', like 'gI18wthing unbeardth' i. in-
flamed. through sugary indulgence (Turkish delight, 232. 01). Sud_ denly, opportunely, -l . cndo tidings that she will wail for I: (2]1. 09-17) and he da. h. . back, doubly disguised as a aailor, only 10 fail again with hi. three questions. When he ge~ eln$<: enough to ask, <> coalesce into -l; when he i. confounded they fan tnck into their mocking diven;'y. Hi, spirits fallen, he depart> once = ? .
n. . c. . . n. :-y of I _ I . . . . . "
"Add. MS . 7. n . . ~
" 5<< ~ M. Ad&n>o, s-J_ mod $yooboI. " 'UlYuu' (Orlocd tinrur. ;. y I'reu [5IM), 79-
? " re_e,"ers and i. adored by his ehoru. in two extended . uppli- ""tion. (235. 09-236. Il1; 237. 11-239. 21). In the first. , extol a future ofoourg<:<>is t"'pectability ; in 'he . econd, a ]i,de more ex-
perienced, tl><:y are ambit;oos for 'he sex""l promi. cuity originally advocated by 1:. But when I: himtdf . . . ,. . ppc;on. he ha. 'become ~onservative' like Ibsen, and defends m and A . He boasrs of hi! 'wolkenk connection' with the 'r<:marklable moliman' and with hi. 'fiery goosemother'.
At this point it begins to grow late (244. 0]-2<\6. 20) and m and A effectively intrude, the former for the first lime since 1. 4, but presumably at a differen, level of activity. m call. threateningly
from the hQullC, w. . . . . ing, liko the Lord-Lieutenants in the pro- k,gue to The Houu by Ih. Churchyard, a 'lhunder-doud periwig'. ? lb. e house ought to be me Mulling. . Inn, bu, 244. 20 may lead u' . 0 identify it as the Blackho<Se Tavern (now the Hole in the Wall) near the Cabra GateofPhoenix Park. Th. was once klWwn a. Natu;y Hand. , after illl hostest," and i, thus listed in Thom', D;r<<lory from '896. But I: and 1\ are "ill 'not on terms' since their Battle of W,,<:r1oo. I: Itiet to hide from" the bruises given him by " (247. 22- 5). Although he cannot mme it, he h. . ottn through hi. telescope Ihe rainbow . plit from white light: 'Split the hvide and aye seize heaven! He know, for he'. ocen it in black and white through his eye1:Compit <rained upon jenny'. and all that sort of thing' which i. tantamount to. chiarO! lcuro (247. ]1-4). This pa. . age<:ontains ? ? cxual n:fertItawhich the next two pages expand. " Their final effect i, '" confiate ~ S underwear with tbe diaphane of the temple sanctuary (49. 06-:><>> . . . . . . beromet hi. Veiled, the High Priest. . . , and as ,uch Contra,,,, with A , wborn
we ,hall see in 11. 2 a. Isis Unveiled.
Frank Budgen discuss. . Joyce's retilhi. m in Furlh", Recoll<<-
. i"", ofJain<' Joyu. " For Joyce, he "ys, drawers we,. . , 'feminine attributes of even gua'er value than the curves and volurn", of the femllk body itself', and he quo. . . a letter of Joyce on L. Man- I<~w <h Tan;/. Thi' . . . ,feu to the multicoloured veil iLOlen from
the lunar temple for SalarnmhO in l>laubert's Carthaginian fan_ tasy. 'Heliotrope', tben, is tbe colollr of -1'. draw. . . . . In tbe Opi. ,. ' . tudy of childrtn', gam" , the alllhor. explain that 'child,. . ,n'. "inten:st" in a game may well be . he incident in it tha,least appeal.
"Dvb;;. H~",",oJ R. . :mI XXIII. ', 1.
"''','l Ondudo tho S-. . W""",' _ rivn in R",hm;nes. '''. )3
; o c l oolet " " " - . . . t DubW> " " . . . . , I I d n f t d S " " ' , . . lD<b _ _ . . . . " C h r i o t C h u r a . Codl<o:torot, and Tum. . . . . . . r. """, which b<<om< Kin'" "ID, St. <<I.
" tn 1 _ ' l o y < . <m4 1-" M " " , ". . <t ? U I y o . n , 3 ' 9 - > 0 .
Angel. and o. vilt 59
? to the adult: the opportunity it afl'ord? . . . to oay aloud the ""IOI,Ir of tomeoru:', panti. .
, ,
,
? ,
Hook II corTt$ponding 10 marriage in Vico'. seh<me, line and drde form a", appropriate for, oay1 Gmnme, they are ofttn con-
nec. ed wi. h marriage parodies, and
children, knowing the gtnera] form. of rrurrriage gam", would naturally <tInce in drde form 10 any ballad verses in which marriage or love and couruhip OCCurs . . . [line games1 a", pme. of com. . "t, wher<:as the circle games are gam. . in which a homogtneou. group of persom ore per- forming a ""remooy belonging entirely 10 themselv. . . The ceremony ioof a religiow; dUltllCkr, a. in 'Oats and Beo. nt and Barley',or 'Old Roger', dedicated ro a spirit intimately connected with the group who pcrfonn it, and having noth- ing belonging to any outside group. The position of the marriagearemony in this group is peculiar. It has """led down from the more primitive sta. e of thingo shown in the line marriage g"n",. , and has acquired a more social and domestic form. . . . -Ille remaina ofthe line and circle form, as deno. ing opponents and friendly oommunion can, I
think, be traced in old play1 and old methods of acting. In old panlOll'limC1, the demons or evil spirits and their followers enter on One . ide and stand in lines; the good. fairy and her followers enter on the opposite . ide and stand in line; the principal characters advance from the" line:, and
talk ddiano: to each other. "
n f oCCurs in the evtning, the time tnO$. propitious for both street gamesand pantomimes. The pantomimC1 chiefly centribu,_ ing are the famous Christma. performances allhe Gaiety Theatre, proprietor Michael Gunn. The precise matching of the angels (A, St Michael) and devil. (I:, L ucifer), compared to their imhabn"" in books I and II I, favou,", tIte ""turn, after a fash;'m, of m, wh<l
is equated with Gunn. Unlike the c,,"mour of di1Crnhodicd VOiCC1 in III. ), . his drama i. an inflexible, ste""'typed, inV<JCatory ritual depending upon gesture and imitation to convey its subtleties.
"AbulI<,tIuG<mn>o,17uT. . . . do? "",. . {a-. . . j~t-l, &. ,t-l. odhu-d IT, <9' , )0.
Old R<>gec ('Old Rogec i. dead and i. laid in
his grave') , Queen Mary (,One morning I ro"" and I looked
in the glu. ')
Ang<:b and Devils 57
? S8 The Sigla of Fimug~m Wa. lt.
Entitled Th. Mom. of Mick, Nick and rhe Majy(i<. (A, I: and 0), itopenswith programme [10(. . on 219-12. The pufonnaru;e take. place under the disringuished palr. mq;e "f X. The Briti. h Museum manuscripU feature a hot nf . igla entries corresponding
'0 the dramo. r;, P<"JOtIIM," though not in the sequence finally produced (I:, A,. . , . . . . . , . 01. , m, 0, ! II and K). A. in the Gaiety panlo- mimes the advertisement memon. tbe 'tra. mformation . cene'. "
Thehi,trionicsopenal 122. 12wi,h thean,itl>cti""l presentation of I: and A. Then 0 or . . . . . (' twintomin. ') allegorically enact the four . yllabl. . of 'hdiO(rope' (223. 09-11) which I: ha. to IOu. . ,.
While he seek. in. pintion (223. 27-33), <> form a 'lineup' behind A, their 'commoner guardian' (11+24). I: make. the<< incorrect gue. . . . (225. 11-7) and it derided by 0, who perform flnral ring_ danc. . around A, run a. . . . . y and 00"" hack. Thi. sequence CQO_ tain. 'the Ireaonent of the double rainbow in which the iriric CQloun are finot no"""l and then reversed', as Joyce puts il in hi.
k tter quoted arove.
In ll7. t9-131. 09 the ,lage i. rd<gated to the OU{CII. { 1:. Hi.
search for an inward light or the d. . i",d CQlour HlUll''''''' the orchctypal growth of adolescent romantic poetry. A. in 1. 7 a bio_ graphical matrix includes the escalating piety "f Stephen in Por- " air IV (227. 29-228. 01) and the Psrit-Zurich exile of Joyce, whence he di>patched hi. fiTSt epi. tle to the Hebrew. (128. 05- 119. 07). Th;" grod. . into U{y. . . . ('I made them take it! '): 119. 13- 16 l;'to its 'OdyO$Cy' section. That view which demand. plliemics of UIy. . . , sees Joyce needling thef~ th. atcrippled him, expos- illi hi' progenitors' wcaknestts. In hi. lm er Joyce called C . epis! ! e 'blackmail orutr'. Bul as he an. oly1<:$ his ba~und and hi, web of ",La,ives, (230. 26-231. 04), I: hecomes nosralgic and b t e a t h . . fouT l i n <:$of e c s r a t i c " ' g r e t ( 231. 0 S - 8 ). T h e t t a b Q f h o r n c - . id<ru:o.
s COOC\ll"$ w'th a shooting pain in the root of h;" wisdnm t<>nth (imny), contorting the featur. . of hi. fa~ and ni,ing hi. temperalUre. The 'chewer', like 'gI18wthing unbeardth' i. in-
flamed. through sugary indulgence (Turkish delight, 232. 01). Sud_ denly, opportunely, -l . cndo tidings that she will wail for I: (2]1. 09-17) and he da. h. . back, doubly disguised as a aailor, only 10 fail again with hi. three questions. When he ge~ eln$<: enough to ask, <> coalesce into -l; when he i. confounded they fan tnck into their mocking diven;'y. Hi, spirits fallen, he depart> once = ? .
n. . c. . . n. :-y of I _ I . . . . . "
"Add. MS . 7. n . . ~
" 5<< ~ M. Ad&n>o, s-J_ mod $yooboI. " 'UlYuu' (Orlocd tinrur. ;. y I'reu [5IM), 79-
? " re_e,"ers and i. adored by his ehoru. in two extended . uppli- ""tion. (235. 09-236. Il1; 237. 11-239. 21). In the first. , extol a future ofoourg<:<>is t"'pectability ; in 'he . econd, a ]i,de more ex-
perienced, tl><:y are ambit;oos for 'he sex""l promi. cuity originally advocated by 1:. But when I: himtdf . . . ,. . ppc;on. he ha. 'become ~onservative' like Ibsen, and defends m and A . He boasrs of hi! 'wolkenk connection' with the 'r<:marklable moliman' and with hi. 'fiery goosemother'.
At this point it begins to grow late (244. 0]-2<\6. 20) and m and A effectively intrude, the former for the first lime since 1. 4, but presumably at a differen, level of activity. m call. threateningly
from the hQullC, w. . . . . ing, liko the Lord-Lieutenants in the pro- k,gue to The Houu by Ih. Churchyard, a 'lhunder-doud periwig'. ? lb. e house ought to be me Mulling. . Inn, bu, 244. 20 may lead u' . 0 identify it as the Blackho<Se Tavern (now the Hole in the Wall) near the Cabra GateofPhoenix Park. Th. was once klWwn a. Natu;y Hand. , after illl hostest," and i, thus listed in Thom', D;r<<lory from '896. But I: and 1\ are "ill 'not on terms' since their Battle of W,,<:r1oo. I: Itiet to hide from" the bruises given him by " (247. 22- 5). Although he cannot mme it, he h. . ottn through hi. telescope Ihe rainbow . plit from white light: 'Split the hvide and aye seize heaven! He know, for he'. ocen it in black and white through his eye1:Compit <rained upon jenny'. and all that sort of thing' which i. tantamount to. chiarO! lcuro (247. ]1-4). This pa. . age<:ontains ? ? cxual n:fertItawhich the next two pages expand. " Their final effect i, '" confiate ~ S underwear with tbe diaphane of the temple sanctuary (49. 06-:><>> . . . . . . beromet hi. Veiled, the High Priest. . . , and as ,uch Contra,,,, with A , wborn
we ,hall see in 11. 2 a. Isis Unveiled.
Frank Budgen discuss. . Joyce's retilhi. m in Furlh", Recoll<<-
. i"", ofJain<' Joyu. " For Joyce, he "ys, drawers we,. . , 'feminine attributes of even gua'er value than the curves and volurn", of the femllk body itself', and he quo. . . a letter of Joyce on L. Man- I<~w <h Tan;/. Thi' . . . ,feu to the multicoloured veil iLOlen from
the lunar temple for SalarnmhO in l>laubert's Carthaginian fan_ tasy. 'Heliotrope', tben, is tbe colollr of -1'. draw. . . . . In tbe Opi. ,. ' . tudy of childrtn', gam" , the alllhor. explain that 'child,. . ,n'. "inten:st" in a game may well be . he incident in it tha,least appeal.
"Dvb;;. H~",",oJ R. . :mI XXIII. ', 1.
"''','l Ondudo tho S-. . W""",' _ rivn in R",hm;nes. '''. )3
; o c l oolet " " " - . . . t DubW> " " . . . . , I I d n f t d S " " ' , . . lD<b _ _ . . . . " C h r i o t C h u r a . Codl<o:torot, and Tum. . . . . . . r. """, which b<<om< Kin'" "ID, St. <<I.
" tn 1 _ ' l o y < . <m4 1-" M " " , ". . <t ? U I y o . n , 3 ' 9 - > 0 .
Angel. and o. vilt 59
? to the adult: the opportunity it afl'ord? . . . to oay aloud the ""IOI,Ir of tomeoru:', panti. .
