So memo nearest,
languished
hiSler, be free to me!
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
has al,.
.
,ady been pointed out by Adaline Gla.
heen.
II is Th. n;"o. u. rirm oj a l'ers<mai;,y by Morton Prince, a . . . urologist who had as patient in SolIton, Mass. , a young
? 30
The Sigla of F;tm<gans Wak.
wornanwhrunhccalls 'Mill Christine L Beo. ud. . . . np', and who was one of the most famous ell''' of multiple per- sonality. . . . It is also noces. ary to remornber that these cases of what is now called dis~i. ated personality would not long ago have been described a. demonic possession. . . . But it is not usual in the Wa~. for women to be pos? . . . . . ed by devil,. This i, a thing which happen. 10 men while women oimply split up inlO pam. '
One migh' fault this distinc'ion on the ba$i, of 1. 8, whert I: and A:are givenfemak attribu'. " bu, then 1. 8 i. pre. :ed<:d by the atypi<:al conncctinn ofa male entity, 1:, with a mir. . . ". . Justi"" tell,
Merci"" 'you have become of twosome twiminds . . . Look! Do you sec your di. al in the rocl<inggla. . ? . . . Sh! Shem, you arc. Sh!
You are mad! ' (188. 14-t93. zS). We might infer that during the mbsequent speech, Mercius gaz<< into the mirror and hi, voice becom<< ,ha,of the washe"""man in ~onsequrntt. But can the 'blackwa,chW<)lnen, all in whit. e' (379. 33) be related to -t and her reflection? ~86. '3- ' ~ ttnainly equate. 'laundresses' and 'maggie,'. The aC\X>un' on ~08. 19-509_03 of 'the subligate ,iste. . . , p, and Q, . . . the prettiest pickl. . of unmatchemahle mu,e ant. . I ever bopecped at . ,. whi. . in black arpisu' containt 'he query 'Where do you ad ,hat wash;' Lateral inv. . sion i. con'picuou. here, in paired drawe. ,. (Italian, mmatitk) and in the letters p and q which were exchanged in tbe linguistic di""rgencc of ! he ancient Welsb and I",h. ' PerhaPl' we c. n now understand tbe evolulion of tbe sig! wn J. inlO. WO separa,e ';gla -t and 1-.
Originally, in Mareh '9'4, Joyce defined J. OJ 'b"jde', wbut. e tbe name I. ,y. In 1927 he labelled 1. 6. . 0'~ : here Iso/d. 1a &lIe COmments on h. . ri"ol hold. Hlancbemain. 'that ber blanches
rnoinget may ro! leprou. olf her whatever winking maggi. I' ll bet by your cu' you go fteunin. g af. er wi. h all the gla. . on ber and t1u: jump. in her 1I0000ewhere! Haha! I suspected she was! Sink her! May they fire ber for a barren ewe! ' (143. ,H-3).
We con a. sociate 'maggi,' with the reflection 'n,,"e Madge', tho recipienl of the letter from Boston, beginning 'Ikar Mam
. , . H o w a r e y o u , M a W ? ' ( . , 1 -0 9 - ; ( 0 ) . I n I l l . l - t h a n d . A ? l e t t e r , t. elling him '0 btar it with him and to think of the sender, not lu:r sister Maggy (4S7. :;4-4SS. IO). Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
-l ,end, T to l-
The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . .
So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. . mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P.
II is Th. n;"o. u. rirm oj a l'ers<mai;,y by Morton Prince, a . . . urologist who had as patient in SolIton, Mass. , a young
? 30
The Sigla of F;tm<gans Wak.
wornanwhrunhccalls 'Mill Christine L Beo. ud. . . . np', and who was one of the most famous ell''' of multiple per- sonality. . . . It is also noces. ary to remornber that these cases of what is now called dis~i. ated personality would not long ago have been described a. demonic possession. . . . But it is not usual in the Wa~. for women to be pos? . . . . . ed by devil,. This i, a thing which happen. 10 men while women oimply split up inlO pam. '
One migh' fault this distinc'ion on the ba$i, of 1. 8, whert I: and A:are givenfemak attribu'. " bu, then 1. 8 i. pre. :ed<:d by the atypi<:al conncctinn ofa male entity, 1:, with a mir. . . ". . Justi"" tell,
Merci"" 'you have become of twosome twiminds . . . Look! Do you sec your di. al in the rocl<inggla. . ? . . . Sh! Shem, you arc. Sh!
You are mad! ' (188. 14-t93. zS). We might infer that during the mbsequent speech, Mercius gaz<< into the mirror and hi, voice becom<< ,ha,of the washe"""man in ~onsequrntt. But can the 'blackwa,chW<)lnen, all in whit. e' (379. 33) be related to -t and her reflection? ~86. '3- ' ~ ttnainly equate. 'laundresses' and 'maggie,'. The aC\X>un' on ~08. 19-509_03 of 'the subligate ,iste. . . , p, and Q, . . . the prettiest pickl. . of unmatchemahle mu,e ant. . I ever bopecped at . ,. whi. . in black arpisu' containt 'he query 'Where do you ad ,hat wash;' Lateral inv. . sion i. con'picuou. here, in paired drawe. ,. (Italian, mmatitk) and in the letters p and q which were exchanged in tbe linguistic di""rgencc of ! he ancient Welsb and I",h. ' PerhaPl' we c. n now understand tbe evolulion of tbe sig! wn J. inlO. WO separa,e ';gla -t and 1-.
Originally, in Mareh '9'4, Joyce defined J. OJ 'b"jde', wbut. e tbe name I. ,y. In 1927 he labelled 1. 6. . 0'~ : here Iso/d. 1a &lIe COmments on h. . ri"ol hold. Hlancbemain. 'that ber blanches
rnoinget may ro! leprou. olf her whatever winking maggi. I' ll bet by your cu' you go fteunin. g af. er wi. h all the gla. . on ber and t1u: jump. in her 1I0000ewhere! Haha! I suspected she was! Sink her! May they fire ber for a barren ewe! ' (143. ,H-3).
We con a. sociate 'maggi,' with the reflection 'n,,"e Madge', tho recipienl of the letter from Boston, beginning 'Ikar Mam
. , . H o w a r e y o u , M a W ? ' ( . , 1 -0 9 - ; ( 0 ) . I n I l l . l - t h a n d . A ? l e t t e r , t. elling him '0 btar it with him and to think of the sender, not lu:r sister Maggy (4S7. :;4-4SS. IO). Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
-l ,end, T to l-
The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . .
So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ". , lona pl. Ql8e ",lalCi thet( to the cryptic len~r vii the Irish tt<<+aJphabel, which
? ? ip>ed a parti<:ular b"ee to eoch cipher. '
llw: Wl. lc-ry mirror refI<<ts not only l. . . :Ide bur nUllkroUS other
Iaditt. We have for example the pl. n. ILd elopement myth of Guine- ""r(:and~1. . Theanonymousthin"""lh-cerlIuryA"II,,,aNI M. ,Ii. . mcntioou a true Guincvcn: whorn Arthur distinjlUishn from he, il[(,;,imate half,ister, the fal. . Guinevere. FW m(lltion. twoGu;~ at 389. 13. From 'ili'IIIa. . ' we may lupply Ihe vill_ nolln in the EgyP';~II Bock of,h. Duld in wbich Osiri. i, backed by twOidentical oonsoru , his , ilt. . . . his and NepbthYI' (tee fiaure ) ). Altho"3h N ep\lthYf, a. the remale oounlerl>ln of Sct, was opposed by lsis,. he was 1110 her friend and helped to oollcel the fnpnmosofOsiris ",hen Sec IUllerN them. The $IfM interplay of ri. . . ry and fricDlkhip occun between the c:omplem",tl. ty Sirentof U/yu. . . reflected in their pitied bar-mirron, the paired women in rnanyoflbsm', plays, BI&te'IJerusalem and Vila, lind the two wives of Momlll\u. In A. oUMrt'. La rmral;,," tU SaiNI AII,";nt. He", i. the precise miJma of -4 and 1-: the male twins a r c u~uivocaUyam. llonitticone 1 0 a n o t h . r b U ' l h e f e m a l e O n e s merae ,0. :uity lhal il i, never possible to pinpoin, their mutual onenation. I- i. so ohviouuy an unreal or virtual ;mage, perpetu- aUy carried about by -4 U pili of her definition. Uke the alus
~ bythemamaid,ortheIlrronomicalsignofVenus,9,whicb r(:pr" rno her mirror, -(. 'IMllbad< thimblca? ket mirror only
c:an show her d. . . . est frimdeen' (SIS? . ? 6-17). IfIymmetri<::alspliltinait. llowed,10is multiple fr:opnenUlOon.
'The Ondt and the Gncchopcr' c:ahlbio the ",ther unUiUlI four- f o l d d i v . . i o n o f ' R o b a n d L U H a n d B i e n k I l I \ d V . . ~tiU. ' ( 4 t 4 . 1 S ) .
'D. I\. M I"",;e. P.
