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The Norwegian Captain
11. 3 can be taken in three . ections if ooundaries . '" ",,{ al either $idc of the central dialogue of 338-5S. The first section j. vaguely grounded uponananecdoteofJoyce'. fatherconcerningahunch? backed Norwegian cap min wboordered a suit of dOlhes from the Dublin milor J. H . Ker. . . . ' II po. . esse, anopulenee of Norwegian _ r d . a n d m a r i t i m e ; l l u ' i o n . , b f f l u I h w h i c h a u d i S << r n << \ <"VenU in a public MUll<:, blurred by the inj=ion of oWn eventS from a radio or televi. iO<1.
The first contradiction is the . imuhaneou. incarnation of m in both ! helandlordand thecaptain. 309. I1- ) ' 0. 21 explains the gift to m from hi. ! CUStomers of an . locnica! appliane. . , wh. ",by a piped mCS&age penct. . . . ted tbecru. mheraofhi, car until il rtaehcd lbe Iabyrimh, Then ()IO,n-)o) m emerg<:. a. the Scandinavian (Ostman), possibly from the television . ';Te. ,,', openilll! a bottle ",hik his eyes wink at the 'teller'. He draW'S the cork, poun the al~ and drink. ",lemnly. Hi. companion is nol only a 'leUer' but
al", a '. hip', husband' (3". 11). ? Ibi. i, on obooletc term for an "ien! attending to . ship'. business whil. 1 in porI. The ""ilor i. a friend of hi. , bUI the . imil. rily of 'tailor' and 'teUer' implies thaI they will allimes become indistinguishable. The crilerion applic- able[0 theirspeechesi. theword'$aid',whichi. spelleddifferently ~=dinR to the speaker:
Nnrwcgi>. n Captain . . . gd His . genl lOyd Kerue the T ailor sazd
We can now inlerpret the finl speech. The Captain asks hi, agent 'Where can I gel a suit? " The O~nl turru to hi. best friend the tailor and ""YO 'Make a suit' (meoning to "'y, of d othes). A.
'JJ,1>.
? 18 The Sigla ()f Fi1l>lqJam Wakt-
we IIhsll 1ee, the extraneou! ! enS<: of a marriage su;, becomes rele- vant later, The bargain arranged, the C. . . . p11in ukes French leave and . ailsaway for seven years (3t2. 05-6). 'Hump] Hump! ' , hout the custoJn<:rt to the tailor, who in preparing the rigout foc hi. k>rdship hu to modify the jack. , ro accommodale the deformity. P. W. Joyce reports that in Ireland 'Tailors were made the bun of much good-natured harmlen no. ilkry, oflen founded on the well_known facllhat a tailor is the ninrh part of a man. " This a. sel"tion is uoed at 3t7. z6, 326. 33 and 321,03, and derives from
Elizabeth I', r<<<optinn of eighleen tailon as 'gentlemen both'.
If we are 10 appreciate properly the role of the tailor in II. 3 we mUSt refer in the first place 10 "J1>orna. Carlyle'. Sartor Raarlut
(3 ' 4. ' 7). II i. probable thai Carlyle developed rhe 'philosophy of clothes' from Swift', Tal. of" Tub, also a major FW sourcebook. The tailor, he contend? ? ? i. not only a man, but . omething nf a Creator or Divinity. . . . how a M an it by the T ailor new-created into a Nobleman . nd clothed not only with Wool but with Dignity and a MY'i1k Dominion. . . , Whal tOO are all Poets and mnn. l Teach. . '! but a . pedes of Metaphorical Tailo". . . . And this is he whom . . . the wnrld treatS with contumely, as the ninth p. rt of a man. "
m, a. we have . . . . . . has become attached ! <) matter, ro the illu_ sory enve! opt which hi. $Om have transcended. It i. Ihu. OOt . tn. nge that he i, in some placet (e. g. 277. 0', 339. 27-9) actually attired in a seven-colnured . uit. Tha,',all miahty pretty but what about his daughter? , ask the ClIO! ""'. . . . . (3 ' 4. 3? ). n r , fascination by the worldly veil merges with hi. fascination by . . . . , who is be. . . , (327. ~) 'Tina-bat-Talur'- the diminuti"" d;JUghter of the l1ilor.
Kensc can thus . . . . isfy nr. requirements by providing both a physicol ,uit of doth. . and" . wt of marriage with hi. daUj! h! er. Besides her chromatic aura. -I al.
o posscueo watery elementl,
whicharebe. . . , incarnate ? ? dew, Latin "" (3 '4. 34). In Judg. . 6 : 37 Gideon addres. . . . God: 'Behold, I will put 1 tkccc of wool in rhe floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt ! laVe brae! by mine: hand, ! l. $ thou hatt . . id. ' The miracle accompli. bed, G~eon ask. for a <ever1ed cffecr, 'And God did to that niab" for it waS dry upon ,he tkccc only, and there wu dew on all the
ground. '
Severa! parodi. . on this appear. 313. 35-6 has 'leaden be light,
'/i>wh',Jo. ,_ SlOol;,. . t. . '-i. 161. ? S<ruon Ill. 11.
? Lather be dry and i. be drownd on all the eal$. h be,id(' and 314. ~9 'Le, there be. Due. ' A, 320. '0-' I m n)'S of the uilor 'I will pu, hi; fiea, of wood in the flour:' Bllmann' has already indicated th. variantsat 329. '4and330. 10-11. Theconflationoffl= andlui. i. mediated hy the oong 'Brian O'Linn', frequently tied to m . Rrian O'Linn made . hocpllkin ttOuocr'.
Shordy after his 'scven oak agcs' at . . ,. . the captain returM, although thi' character still. hadcs into that of the publican. 'Boni? face' il a generic name used for innkeepers, and is applied to m
al 315. "9. The iJlip', husbarld, who had though, him drowned, making n avy Jon",'. I. . . och:r a kettle of fiiJI () 16. 19"""20), wdcomcs him back. Like a Viking he mAku tht; . igtt of Thor'. hammer ovcr hi. drinking-vessel. H e orden a di. h or <>yStCl1i frn" m. Eventually
(319. 20-22) he wonders what happened 10 the coat and trouse. . . Pukkeben (Nom? . gian, 'Humpson") replies that he put them
behind lh. oallhouse. He il very indignan, a, the poor fit and curses the tailor (japllncOlC, . rhitauya, 319. 27) with the c"",, of Olaf. The tailor i? ? c<>mmunist, bQa$. inll" 10 be in the lalest Savilc Row fashion as ? doublebrcaSIed navigato,. T'he back of my hand to him, add. m, the curse ofmy ancestors on him,. lIod<iamned gussct sewer. His firs, cousin is an invalid in the United States who i. nOt fit to light a kettle of fish, and he i. the wont Wcs, End suitmaker that ever poked a needle in a cloth I (320. 01- 17) The captain departs once II\Ore amid hi. . . ~nt'. can. to return.
The "'ilM WOS originally (311. 24) the successor to A. he and Whitehead, cloth", . hop. Ashe Junior now reappca. . (32 1. 34) and finds the pub . . ill open. H. is derided by three drinken there,
because he has cut up and mi. under. toOd for that old bi,ch', bu? urd . uch a luil ofclothe. that hi. own fatherlfiru:r wouldn't know him (3U. OI-13). In response he ridicules the captain'. dimen_ sions. He i1 a di;grace '0 the Roman Catholic Church (Russian ". . . w. o, church). T here i. never a tailor in Irdand or Scandinavia who could make a coat and ttOuscn for a fellow with such a hill of, camel', back. Fascisl! (322. 35-323? ~4)
UpOn this call the landlord ofthe . . . Ioon lifts hi. back and ey<<, alienate. hi, guest! , who feel their joke (m) i. cominl! ; home 10 them. H e i. the dead . pit of his fin ' prototype (the captain), with ,he old suit on hi. shoulden. The uilor, disconccrte<l, n y . Ihe suit must be changed. Meanwhile the nodio set i$ howlinl! ; tlutt
there i. , mcssa~ for m, and continues with a wcath<:< foraout
'u",,'ofJ_'Joy<< III (l. oo<ion, Fob<< an<! rob<<, ,~), '93! L ' B. I. TyodahI,Joya. . . s1_(0. 10,N","'. ;'" Uni. . . ruo. . ~
,""'~ 1 ) j .
The Norwegian Captain 79
? 80 T1u: Sigla of FiWUK~m Wak. !
a n n o u n c i l l j t h e T T l l l r r i a g e o f a B y g . . . . . , t . . , . env~loped i n , n u n u s u a l
. ui, of clothes (324. 26-34).
The head marine tailor and the . hip'. godfather now . ddrCiI
m 'thou migh,y m. anofvalour' (325. '3) IS Gideon w u addl"QsM (Judges6:1 ,), and the ",cond meaning of '. uit' takes priority. The landlo. d/captain i. prQllli. M by hi. friend. th. a"hey will find him a father-in-law. 'And Gopha. sayd untO G lid<<>n and uyd he to the now<:dding captain, the rude hunne. . . hle Humphrey oomuther . .
I
? ? ? Chapter 6 . c
The Norwegian Captain
11. 3 can be taken in three . ections if ooundaries . '" ",,{ al either $idc of the central dialogue of 338-5S. The first section j. vaguely grounded uponananecdoteofJoyce'. fatherconcerningahunch? backed Norwegian cap min wboordered a suit of dOlhes from the Dublin milor J. H . Ker. . . . ' II po. . esse, anopulenee of Norwegian _ r d . a n d m a r i t i m e ; l l u ' i o n . , b f f l u I h w h i c h a u d i S << r n << \ <"VenU in a public MUll<:, blurred by the inj=ion of oWn eventS from a radio or televi. iO<1.
The first contradiction is the . imuhaneou. incarnation of m in both ! helandlordand thecaptain. 309. I1- ) ' 0. 21 explains the gift to m from hi. ! CUStomers of an . locnica! appliane. . , wh. ",by a piped mCS&age penct. . . . ted tbecru. mheraofhi, car until il rtaehcd lbe Iabyrimh, Then ()IO,n-)o) m emerg<:. a. the Scandinavian (Ostman), possibly from the television . ';Te. ,,', openilll! a bottle ",hik his eyes wink at the 'teller'. He draW'S the cork, poun the al~ and drink. ",lemnly. Hi. companion is nol only a 'leUer' but
al", a '. hip', husband' (3". 11). ? Ibi. i, on obooletc term for an "ien! attending to . ship'. business whil. 1 in porI. The ""ilor i. a friend of hi. , bUI the . imil. rily of 'tailor' and 'teUer' implies thaI they will allimes become indistinguishable. The crilerion applic- able[0 theirspeechesi. theword'$aid',whichi. spelleddifferently ~=dinR to the speaker:
Nnrwcgi>. n Captain . . . gd His . genl lOyd Kerue the T ailor sazd
We can now inlerpret the finl speech. The Captain asks hi, agent 'Where can I gel a suit? " The O~nl turru to hi. best friend the tailor and ""YO 'Make a suit' (meoning to "'y, of d othes). A.
'JJ,1>.
? 18 The Sigla ()f Fi1l>lqJam Wakt-
we IIhsll 1ee, the extraneou! ! enS<: of a marriage su;, becomes rele- vant later, The bargain arranged, the C. . . . p11in ukes French leave and . ailsaway for seven years (3t2. 05-6). 'Hump] Hump! ' , hout the custoJn<:rt to the tailor, who in preparing the rigout foc hi. k>rdship hu to modify the jack. , ro accommodale the deformity. P. W. Joyce reports that in Ireland 'Tailors were made the bun of much good-natured harmlen no. ilkry, oflen founded on the well_known facllhat a tailor is the ninrh part of a man. " This a. sel"tion is uoed at 3t7. z6, 326. 33 and 321,03, and derives from
Elizabeth I', r<<<optinn of eighleen tailon as 'gentlemen both'.
If we are 10 appreciate properly the role of the tailor in II. 3 we mUSt refer in the first place 10 "J1>orna. Carlyle'. Sartor Raarlut
(3 ' 4. ' 7). II i. probable thai Carlyle developed rhe 'philosophy of clothes' from Swift', Tal. of" Tub, also a major FW sourcebook. The tailor, he contend? ? ? i. not only a man, but . omething nf a Creator or Divinity. . . . how a M an it by the T ailor new-created into a Nobleman . nd clothed not only with Wool but with Dignity and a MY'i1k Dominion. . . , Whal tOO are all Poets and mnn. l Teach. . '! but a . pedes of Metaphorical Tailo". . . . And this is he whom . . . the wnrld treatS with contumely, as the ninth p. rt of a man. "
m, a. we have . . . . . . has become attached ! <) matter, ro the illu_ sory enve! opt which hi. $Om have transcended. It i. Ihu. OOt . tn. nge that he i, in some placet (e. g. 277. 0', 339. 27-9) actually attired in a seven-colnured . uit. Tha,',all miahty pretty but what about his daughter? , ask the ClIO! ""'. . . . . (3 ' 4. 3? ). n r , fascination by the worldly veil merges with hi. fascination by . . . . , who is be. . . , (327. ~) 'Tina-bat-Talur'- the diminuti"" d;JUghter of the l1ilor.
Kensc can thus . . . . isfy nr. requirements by providing both a physicol ,uit of doth. . and" . wt of marriage with hi. daUj! h! er. Besides her chromatic aura. -I al.
o posscueo watery elementl,
whicharebe. . . , incarnate ? ? dew, Latin "" (3 '4. 34). In Judg. . 6 : 37 Gideon addres. . . . God: 'Behold, I will put 1 tkccc of wool in rhe floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt ! laVe brae! by mine: hand, ! l. $ thou hatt . . id. ' The miracle accompli. bed, G~eon ask. for a <ever1ed cffecr, 'And God did to that niab" for it waS dry upon ,he tkccc only, and there wu dew on all the
ground. '
Severa! parodi. . on this appear. 313. 35-6 has 'leaden be light,
'/i>wh',Jo. ,_ SlOol;,. . t. . '-i. 161. ? S<ruon Ill. 11.
? Lather be dry and i. be drownd on all the eal$. h be,id(' and 314. ~9 'Le, there be. Due. ' A, 320. '0-' I m n)'S of the uilor 'I will pu, hi; fiea, of wood in the flour:' Bllmann' has already indicated th. variantsat 329. '4and330. 10-11. Theconflationoffl= andlui. i. mediated hy the oong 'Brian O'Linn', frequently tied to m . Rrian O'Linn made . hocpllkin ttOuocr'.
Shordy after his 'scven oak agcs' at . . ,. . the captain returM, although thi' character still. hadcs into that of the publican. 'Boni? face' il a generic name used for innkeepers, and is applied to m
al 315. "9. The iJlip', husbarld, who had though, him drowned, making n avy Jon",'. I. . . och:r a kettle of fiiJI () 16. 19"""20), wdcomcs him back. Like a Viking he mAku tht; . igtt of Thor'. hammer ovcr hi. drinking-vessel. H e orden a di. h or <>yStCl1i frn" m. Eventually
(319. 20-22) he wonders what happened 10 the coat and trouse. . . Pukkeben (Nom? . gian, 'Humpson") replies that he put them
behind lh. oallhouse. He il very indignan, a, the poor fit and curses the tailor (japllncOlC, . rhitauya, 319. 27) with the c"",, of Olaf. The tailor i? ? c<>mmunist, bQa$. inll" 10 be in the lalest Savilc Row fashion as ? doublebrcaSIed navigato,. T'he back of my hand to him, add. m, the curse ofmy ancestors on him,. lIod<iamned gussct sewer. His firs, cousin is an invalid in the United States who i. nOt fit to light a kettle of fish, and he i. the wont Wcs, End suitmaker that ever poked a needle in a cloth I (320. 01- 17) The captain departs once II\Ore amid hi. . . ~nt'. can. to return.
The "'ilM WOS originally (311. 24) the successor to A. he and Whitehead, cloth", . hop. Ashe Junior now reappca. . (32 1. 34) and finds the pub . . ill open. H. is derided by three drinken there,
because he has cut up and mi. under. toOd for that old bi,ch', bu? urd . uch a luil ofclothe. that hi. own fatherlfiru:r wouldn't know him (3U. OI-13). In response he ridicules the captain'. dimen_ sions. He i1 a di;grace '0 the Roman Catholic Church (Russian ". . . w. o, church). T here i. never a tailor in Irdand or Scandinavia who could make a coat and ttOuscn for a fellow with such a hill of, camel', back. Fascisl! (322. 35-323? ~4)
UpOn this call the landlord ofthe . . . Ioon lifts hi. back and ey<<, alienate. hi, guest! , who feel their joke (m) i. cominl! ; home 10 them. H e i. the dead . pit of his fin ' prototype (the captain), with ,he old suit on hi. shoulden. The uilor, disconccrte<l, n y . Ihe suit must be changed. Meanwhile the nodio set i$ howlinl! ; tlutt
there i. , mcssa~ for m, and continues with a wcath<:< foraout
'u",,'ofJ_'Joy<< III (l. oo<ion, Fob<< an<! rob<<, ,~), '93! L ' B. I. TyodahI,Joya. . . s1_(0. 10,N","'. ;'" Uni. . . ruo. . ~
,""'~ 1 ) j .
The Norwegian Captain 79
? 80 T1u: Sigla of FiWUK~m Wak. !
a n n o u n c i l l j t h e T T l l l r r i a g e o f a B y g . . . . . , t . . , . env~loped i n , n u n u s u a l
. ui, of clothes (324. 26-34).
The head marine tailor and the . hip'. godfather now . ddrCiI
m 'thou migh,y m. anofvalour' (325. '3) IS Gideon w u addl"QsM (Judges6:1 ,), and the ",cond meaning of '. uit' takes priority. The landlo. d/captain i. prQllli. M by hi. friend. th. a"hey will find him a father-in-law. 'And Gopha. sayd untO G lid<<>n and uyd he to the now<:dding captain, the rude hunne. . . hle Humphrey oomuther . .
