tion of
cttativity
wi.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
o.
lly nightfall oilenCC!
l the disputants.
In the rest of 1. 6. 1 I, A fir. . pTaillt1 C a. a penon, o. ! though he i, compelled to dissociate him*<:lf frQrn ,he philosophy C adopts (159. 1. 4-160. 14). He then r. . wnes the tCnninology of hi. original attack. Ae<:ording to the 'ystem, he says (161. 07-'4), he cannot be transpOsed to ? ? pecific . ime by t:, or have 10mething that il
in I:'s pocI<cts, that ii, there can Ix no real communication, unless they have sjmullantoUJ/y entangled them. . lves once in . he dear <k:ad days of by and by. So UIYSHI, f'rr example, could only he undenl1""" by a penon who had lived in Duhlin in 1904-
A reprc&ents him*<:lf he,"" as Burrus, and C . s Caseous, and du. _ cuss. . their rivo. ! ry in regicide and love. " In the end he condemns [he penman for hi' ! ingu;. tic ~t25ynthcsi. : 'My unchanging W ord i, s. acrcd. The word il my Wire, to aponll<' and expound, . . . and may the curlew1 crown our nuptia. ! Till BrCllth u' depart I
Wamen. &ware would you change with my yean. Be a, young as your grandmother I The ring man in the roni shop but the rite
words by the rotC order' (167. 18-33).
1. 7 i. 1:'. hiography a. furnished by A. It i. the most autobio-
iraphical episod<: in FW and its 'low hero' shar. , nwnerous mor- hid . ymptnm. ' with Joyce. He exhibits nu:g:o. lomania, paranoia, muochiom, alcoholism and physical infirmity, including an '"Ye di. . . . . which occuions sropolamine treatment and the wearing ofa black patch. Joyce . pmt part of hi' youth living in Orumcon- dn: C i, an 'e~cornrnunicated Drumcondriac' (,81. 35) and the domes,ic fb. shback of 169. lO-170. 141I11. ve. ties the Joy<:e home- hold. Lik<: Joyce, C emig"""" to Europe, staying at . h. c Hotel em? neille in Pari, (17l. lO), and impOrtun. . his brother for . upport ( 172. 22-('i). L ike Stephen, he io oubje<;tcd to penonal violence near
? brothel. M eson; Har! and Knuth" point ou, the relarionship of the addtes, to lhal of Bella omen'. cstlhli. hment in 'Qrcc'. C al&<. > ",,,,,mbl,,,, the TriC$rine Jayce when he works . . . tutor in model hou. . hold. (181. 03"""26), '\IlI"Cptitiouo! y transcribing their convemltion. Finally he i, boycotted by puhlishers and printe. .
but contrivcs to propagate his nbscenity notwithstanding.
The bingraphcr ince. . . . ntly derog:at"" t:. His . . . . nrio. ! accull. ll- tion i. that Cil a """",, a pLailari,r. The "Piphanlc dll1illation from nature;' forgery, the craft ofJim the Penman (I SI. 12-16). U/yIUl,
"1iDmin<<! beIow,p. 9>.
"a;. . ,Hut. Dd1. . 00Kou<h. AT~a-<<>J-"Joyu. ,'U/J>_ (~cr, It. "'ok< ~[i_ Pr. . ,. '91l) 1, J. . j.
? . I! hough 'unrud. bk' (' 19. 26), I. for 1:. lIimulani . 0 ranlosy and escape. Every mark on its PIlie proanostica'cs limitless wtalth, happiDeu, inebriltion and sexual . . ti. faction, an entire optn. _ houseofnakedhrirnIts~n. plurM by <helOp ncolewhichc:,the . tnOO", holds, jill' like I bird, for live mln1,lI"', 'infinitd y better than Ba. . . . 'on McGIud::ln' (179. ~. -i80. 08).
I: liv<:3 in I 'secrer cell' (182. 14- '), where ~ oomcmpl. ,es I panoply oftphcme. . . . , mucn of it evidently hallucinated (. 8). 08-
. 8. . (1)- When he IooIts ou, of <he keyhole throt. Ia;h ? ~
it n>m$ into I IJUnbarrd thr"". . . ,in, him (178. 1~'79-08). He is
'! \OOI\tlaYIe1Torised to skin and bone by an ineluctablc phantcm' (. 84. 08-9). Consumed by thc ovc. . . . eening thint for innova,;on
lie ~ everythi"ll fortuitous from hi. aeriprurc and avoids ewfJ commitmft. . , . . with Joyce'. own fana<kal ncu. . . . ilY in politi. ". . In the La,;n pltl'"'" . 8,. 1. -16 the ramililt, Fneudian
tql. d.
tion of cttativity wi. h dcfecatloa is CO<\$picuou? .
1. 7 terminates with Ip<<chcs by Junius (. . . ) and Mcrciul (t:). Junius resolves to quit <he philosophy ofc:and in four Jon, Pl'ra- Inlphs accu_ him ofpcrwnioD, in&nttitudc, vindimveotf,$ and embtzzlcmen. , and offcn II rcmMy '. little judo. Ionic'. In the end he will oot follow I: for fcar of divine retribution and hc di. _
misses him with I cc,. . ,monlll culV.
The reply of Merei. . . ac:wrd. with <he prophecy th. a. he will
nttd IU the: elm>entl in the river to . kIn him <IVC" il (188. 0,;- 6). Time'. flux esoncntes leniUl, ? the Mookte kntw wben h. told the Grip" that after a thous. and yea"" It" would be 'btlinc:d 10 the world' (t,6. 19-:IO). In 'btlincd- we see 'blind' plus 'ddinaled'. VI. D. . ,. 6o" proclaims 'C ,,"TitCl an imrncn. K icru. . 10 posterity'. When poItmly . cw. . erl the Jctter III ilS Yilifying Idjuncts hi"" di. . "lv~ in the middcnhc:itp. I: makes I ! I1J. lial
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. . .
In the rest of 1. 6. 1 I, A fir. . pTaillt1 C a. a penon, o. ! though he i, compelled to dissociate him*<:lf frQrn ,he philosophy C adopts (159. 1. 4-160. 14). He then r. . wnes the tCnninology of hi. original attack. Ae<:ording to the 'ystem, he says (161. 07-'4), he cannot be transpOsed to ? ? pecific . ime by t:, or have 10mething that il
in I:'s pocI<cts, that ii, there can Ix no real communication, unless they have sjmullantoUJ/y entangled them. . lves once in . he dear <k:ad days of by and by. So UIYSHI, f'rr example, could only he undenl1""" by a penon who had lived in Duhlin in 1904-
A reprc&ents him*<:lf he,"" as Burrus, and C . s Caseous, and du. _ cuss. . their rivo. ! ry in regicide and love. " In the end he condemns [he penman for hi' ! ingu;. tic ~t25ynthcsi. : 'My unchanging W ord i, s. acrcd. The word il my Wire, to aponll<' and expound, . . . and may the curlew1 crown our nuptia. ! Till BrCllth u' depart I
Wamen. &ware would you change with my yean. Be a, young as your grandmother I The ring man in the roni shop but the rite
words by the rotC order' (167. 18-33).
1. 7 i. 1:'. hiography a. furnished by A. It i. the most autobio-
iraphical episod<: in FW and its 'low hero' shar. , nwnerous mor- hid . ymptnm. ' with Joyce. He exhibits nu:g:o. lomania, paranoia, muochiom, alcoholism and physical infirmity, including an '"Ye di. . . . . which occuions sropolamine treatment and the wearing ofa black patch. Joyce . pmt part of hi' youth living in Orumcon- dn: C i, an 'e~cornrnunicated Drumcondriac' (,81. 35) and the domes,ic fb. shback of 169. lO-170. 141I11. ve. ties the Joy<:e home- hold. Lik<: Joyce, C emig"""" to Europe, staying at . h. c Hotel em? neille in Pari, (17l. lO), and impOrtun. . his brother for . upport ( 172. 22-('i). L ike Stephen, he io oubje<;tcd to penonal violence near
? brothel. M eson; Har! and Knuth" point ou, the relarionship of the addtes, to lhal of Bella omen'. cstlhli. hment in 'Qrcc'. C al&<. > ",,,,,mbl,,,, the TriC$rine Jayce when he works . . . tutor in model hou. . hold. (181. 03"""26), '\IlI"Cptitiouo! y transcribing their convemltion. Finally he i, boycotted by puhlishers and printe. .
but contrivcs to propagate his nbscenity notwithstanding.
The bingraphcr ince. . . . ntly derog:at"" t:. His . . . . nrio. ! accull. ll- tion i. that Cil a """",, a pLailari,r. The "Piphanlc dll1illation from nature;' forgery, the craft ofJim the Penman (I SI. 12-16). U/yIUl,
"1iDmin<<! beIow,p. 9>.
"a;. . ,Hut. Dd1. . 00Kou<h. AT~a-<<>J-"Joyu. ,'U/J>_ (~cr, It. "'ok< ~[i_ Pr. . ,. '91l) 1, J. . j.
? . I! hough 'unrud. bk' (' 19. 26), I. for 1:. lIimulani . 0 ranlosy and escape. Every mark on its PIlie proanostica'cs limitless wtalth, happiDeu, inebriltion and sexual . . ti. faction, an entire optn. _ houseofnakedhrirnIts~n. plurM by <helOp ncolewhichc:,the . tnOO", holds, jill' like I bird, for live mln1,lI"', 'infinitd y better than Ba. . . . 'on McGIud::ln' (179. ~. -i80. 08).
I: liv<:3 in I 'secrer cell' (182. 14- '), where ~ oomcmpl. ,es I panoply oftphcme. . . . , mucn of it evidently hallucinated (. 8). 08-
. 8. . (1)- When he IooIts ou, of <he keyhole throt. Ia;h ? ~
it n>m$ into I IJUnbarrd thr"". . . ,in, him (178. 1~'79-08). He is
'! \OOI\tlaYIe1Torised to skin and bone by an ineluctablc phantcm' (. 84. 08-9). Consumed by thc ovc. . . . eening thint for innova,;on
lie ~ everythi"ll fortuitous from hi. aeriprurc and avoids ewfJ commitmft. . , . . with Joyce'. own fana<kal ncu. . . . ilY in politi. ". . In the La,;n pltl'"'" . 8,. 1. -16 the ramililt, Fneudian
tql. d.
tion of cttativity wi. h dcfecatloa is CO<\$picuou? .
1. 7 terminates with Ip<<chcs by Junius (. . . ) and Mcrciul (t:). Junius resolves to quit <he philosophy ofc:and in four Jon, Pl'ra- Inlphs accu_ him ofpcrwnioD, in&nttitudc, vindimveotf,$ and embtzzlcmen. , and offcn II rcmMy '. little judo. Ionic'. In the end he will oot follow I: for fcar of divine retribution and hc di. _
misses him with I cc,. . ,monlll culV.
The reply of Merei. . . ac:wrd. with <he prophecy th. a. he will
nttd IU the: elm>entl in the river to . kIn him <IVC" il (188. 0,;- 6). Time'. flux esoncntes leniUl, ? the Mookte kntw wben h. told the Grip" that after a thous. and yea"" It" would be 'btlinc:d 10 the world' (t,6. 19-:IO). In 'btlincd- we see 'blind' plus 'ddinaled'. VI. D. . ,. 6o" proclaims 'C ,,"TitCl an imrncn. K icru. . 10 posterity'. When poItmly . cw. . erl the Jctter III ilS Yilifying Idjuncts hi"" di. . "lv~ in the middcnhc:itp. I: makes I ! I1J. lial
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. . .
