intended
to COVer all ofbook III or only III.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
06-']).
He alwayt interrogates Shaun in the first person plural: 'we remembered', 'we aplained' etc.
He mUSt then be .
pcak.
ing for and with)(.
Wbtn we r<ach 1I1.
3 the an i.
the inter- preter between X and A : ' I am told by our interpreter, Hanner E"'llus' (.
nS.
oS); 'carrying my dragoman, Mead, Marvel, .
hass withumpronouceabJe tail' (479.
08-9).
Note that E"I i, Gtrntan for 'donkey" and thaI a dragoman is an interpreter,;n the Middle I;"'t.
'
The Sround narration of book I is due to A-biased powers; hert , S<< /. S. A,,,,,,-, 'A ~ <if F. . . , Wotclt<s: M xrob;", ;" FW', AWN IX. ]
(lin" )9-. . ,0.
'H. Boobrirn,A unro. of<I><0-;"? F,--w. . . . ? ,'j6.
'c_. , Il. ' l
? ? we mus. expect tlw: reYerst:. II is . . . ,. . . ,. . Uy pRiK<! Ind ft&. te~, IS boo was by MtrciU$ in 1. 7. BIll :II bc:co:a~ leu merciful II lhqo p,""'? ed Ind by 111. 3 ue bina lheir paricI= """ IWipectina rI>ei. I"bjttt of imposN re: 'Hood rnKeth no. (rere. The voice is . he voice or joI<cup, I r". . . ' (487. 1 1-2). The repraentalion of C . .
Et. "dep. ivcd by1aoob'llt""'lfIm is prominm. tilrOllahou. FW. As in i>ook I, :II are in ql>C:l' of m As . hey contact him befo. .
111. 4 i. illt"'nac that this cpiwde . hould remain IS I watch of II. II Ill. bttn di,placed IS In intcrnu:diary no IonIC' of . ianifi- Clnce iUKI occupies the minor role of the child Kevin lIltoop ups. lin. Hi. brother Jerry (O ;t u~p in the same bed. Could J. . . -ry be the . . s, quationina; I memo. ,. of his brother and . em-
ponrUy wUemd by m 11 56p7-]01 Samuel Beckel:! r. r. . . migmatially It) 'the ~our Ipeudna through the child'i brain'. ' Ifthisdem. mitr1lta I continuityolIUllTllUon,. continuityofsub- j<<1isdtmomtlllt<:dbyM? . H. ,,'IeIi. . ,. ,. . . rythatIIgrowl YGWI&C'
from 403 It) the end of FW:
In 111. 1h. io twin bro. he. Sbem ;1 old cnouab '0 be 'Cele- brAted' (~I. 21); in 111. 1 ShlWI hal become the)'OUltll loy. . ,. , Jlun; in 11I. 3 h. i. liked to 'some cllubby boybold loyc or"" "",d' (474. IS); durina: 111. 4 he appelrs mo. t or the. ime . . an inflnl ill the n1lt"Stry. It don nne -. n to hive b<<n noticed <hat II tlw: end 0( 111. 4 _ hi? <: worked, 'throu&h dw: arand uyomphal arcb' , rie;hl bad 10 the birth, which it daaibed with mllDy oXtaill It S89-90. We arc, in faC1, 'Cikippinl the dockbadr. ' (579-05). At 471. ? 6 ! he As. Illudes di. telly 10 ShaWl" ioumcy bodt- ward to annihilation : 'we foUow = d in g on your photo-
phoric pilgrimale to you. an. ipod. . in . he plt,'. Imme- diately after hit reappcaf1l(lox for a moment in BooI<. IV II the newborn baby, he rtl! '" ~. . " the yllli. . . . . . . into the womb-'the vcnuifuaal principality' (60~. 17)--1UlTow"h him",lfwith amniotic: ftuld in ewr_docreuinl YOIum~ and . :rouch<:slite. r_uluntil,? diminiallina:embryo,hedil-
I Ppears'
1oyce'. (ttqur:ndy quoted IeItcrof14 May 19%4 m Milt WClY. . ,.
further ilIuminata lime I"CY~I in book II I:
'0. . . u_? . . . . . . . . . -. ,Foni/i<. """t<<I. ' . ? n. . . . ,III'. . ~. . Prov", (_. di-'1_. F. bctond Pol><<196T),'1.
'SMFW,61.
? I am sorry I could n o { fa"" the copyina OUI of Shawn which i$ a dc. ",ip';on of a po$tman Irnvdling ba<:kward. ;n the night tbrough tbe events alI'<:ady narrated. II i. wrinen in the form of a via crucisof'4 stations but in reality iI i. only a barrel rolling down tbe river Liffey. '
It i. unctrtain whether this account W:>.
intended to COVer all ofbook III or only III. I_~, which was as far a. Joy"" had drafled al the lime. RefeI'<:nct' 10 the barrel appear lI\Ol! tiy in 111. 1, although Ihere is one al S6S. 3I-Z. The stations of the Cross arc a puzzle. M n Glasheen identifico . tation. ni"", eight and six fairly convincingly. ' BUI why i. Chri. t a potlman anyway, The obviou. anal<>gy i. th:at while Christ transmits uc",d mystery from G<:>d
IOthewotld, "'ought t"tranSmil Ihe same fTOm m10 x. The mys- teries are inherem in the Cro. . and the lener respectively. BUI
VI. B. ~. I 39 gives: ' A his t is himself? and 43 I. Z I matches this with 'J. un dc:liv. ",d himself'. Again. t thi. we must $<:1 19z. I8-19 where 1:'. letter i. 'the aO$l of your own ctuelfi<:tion'. The kttcr inc<orpororing '. on the . a<:red boob of lhe wucld', il i. reasonable Ih:at it . hould pas. to X, who are named after tbe evangelists, for lranscription.
. . . becomes less pottmanlike as "'" proce<:d through bo<:* III. In Ill. , there i. much talk or hi. mailbag, hi, walking and bis view! ! on the contents ofthe lener. He examines the envelope on 420. 11-421. 14- He has delivered il 10 an the Dublin addresses of the Joyce family bu! it alW:l. Ys rom. , back inscribed. 'Left on
addr. . . ', 'Plea$<: $<:nd on' and so forth. H. has alI'<:ady told uS h. is red up carrying it around: 'where on d. . . rth (>r in th. miraculous meddle of Ihi. crpcnding umnivcrse to turn sin"" it came into my hand, I am hopelessly off cOU! ""$e to be doing anything concnning' (410. 16-19). VI. B. z1. 66 not? ? limply: '. . . wan. . 10 read her [06. '. \ lener. '
In l! l. z ,h. ,. . arc I. . . p<)Stal anu'ions, but 448. 21, 4S4. 04-7, 16 (G. P. O. ), 4S6. 24-457. 04 and 466. 30 can be instanced. The Ionges, of these passages ref. . . . I. ,. to . . . delivering letttrs than 10 his collec,ing 'exuaprofeuional po$tag. . ' owed him. by t:-
In III. ) "'" find A lying "n a ",ound, the 'Ol1lngery'. Looking acr-osstheabyss101. Swe~zcthemiddenwhichat"0. 27
'changed imo the oIllngery', from which the hen seen by Kevin scratched up the lener. So aI 4h. q-z6 )( arc able 10 a. k A:
? L. . "", I, ". j. 'C",,", II, u". . . . . "'.
Roles of A in Book III 4'
? 4l TheSigllofF;~ilIJJWa"
-W ould ye U n . )'OWI& ot~pschuJer of ps)l<:hicll chiro-
Bnphy, ""'" lW>le of KCVftl, or (let oo. ue" p"y) Evan Vauahan, of hi. Poslhom in the High SU<<t, <lUll W2J
shoo"" ~ Guiney P P I , I" rulcpia". . . , ,,,-, fo. . . nd th~ dogurnm numberonc, I would "'ages! , an illegible down- fumbcd by an uncla;iblc?
-In doknow. intcd",. . . . . . ,? ? ? SomClimelhewouldk. . . p 1il<n. forafewminu. e. u ifinp. . . . yeranddasphi. fnrobcad and during 'he time be would be ' hinking to bimldf and
he would nOl mind anybody woo would be tfllklni 10 him or cryinj stinking full. ,
Hvan Vaughan, Ihe 6". Dublin poIOtmIS! cr, had a Post House in Hi,h Sm,cL' . . . seems 10 be 1l1ki",al! ou. t Co althou&h he OUahl himself 10 be Kevin. )( arc undeceived: "The &is' is ""'" &ill 01 Sh3um bu, the hand il the hand 01 Sam. . . . Shan-Shim- Sc:hunB. There is a llrona sUlpicion on oounlerftil K"in' (4113. 03~). A iI "idently prctmdinj: In he ,he autoot of Ihe acclaimed htcr. ltur(:, but X kll<lw hen"" . . 'Some (>()Ttion of 111. 01 amw",r appears l<l have b<<n token by you from lhe wrilingl of Saint Synodiu', lha, ft"t liar' (487. 35-488_01). A, now J)lItlly un_
masked, dedarcs that he never dreamed of being a posmun but lhal his brother ~Ileuen (~1. '9-14).
A. A1><<011"'" young<:r in tnVtt'Sina book I II hilaggrftliVU>e&l wancs. Each oC ""'" fint thuc: Witches includes ? quanlity of advcr. . . rommm! "" r::: by '" and as. . . . , proceed <be amounl and intenlity 01 this commenl dccreucs_ In 111. 1, most of 414-25 attacks I: on ground. or pllgilmm and rude Iang". .
The Sround narration of book I is due to A-biased powers; hert , S<< /. S. A,,,,,,-, 'A ~ <if F. . . , Wotclt<s: M xrob;", ;" FW', AWN IX. ]
(lin" )9-. . ,0.
'H. Boobrirn,A unro. of<I><0-;"? F,--w. . . . ? ,'j6.
'c_. , Il. ' l
? ? we mus. expect tlw: reYerst:. II is . . . ,. . . ,. . Uy pRiK<! Ind ft&. te~, IS boo was by MtrciU$ in 1. 7. BIll :II bc:co:a~ leu merciful II lhqo p,""'? ed Ind by 111. 3 ue bina lheir paricI= """ IWipectina rI>ei. I"bjttt of imposN re: 'Hood rnKeth no. (rere. The voice is . he voice or joI<cup, I r". . . ' (487. 1 1-2). The repraentalion of C . .
Et. "dep. ivcd by1aoob'llt""'lfIm is prominm. tilrOllahou. FW. As in i>ook I, :II are in ql>C:l' of m As . hey contact him befo. .
111. 4 i. illt"'nac that this cpiwde . hould remain IS I watch of II. II Ill. bttn di,placed IS In intcrnu:diary no IonIC' of . ianifi- Clnce iUKI occupies the minor role of the child Kevin lIltoop ups. lin. Hi. brother Jerry (O ;t u~p in the same bed. Could J. . . -ry be the . . s, quationina; I memo. ,. of his brother and . em-
ponrUy wUemd by m 11 56p7-]01 Samuel Beckel:! r. r. . . migmatially It) 'the ~our Ipeudna through the child'i brain'. ' Ifthisdem. mitr1lta I continuityolIUllTllUon,. continuityofsub- j<<1isdtmomtlllt<:dbyM? . H. ,,'IeIi. . ,. ,. . . rythatIIgrowl YGWI&C'
from 403 It) the end of FW:
In 111. 1h. io twin bro. he. Sbem ;1 old cnouab '0 be 'Cele- brAted' (~I. 21); in 111. 1 ShlWI hal become the)'OUltll loy. . ,. , Jlun; in 11I. 3 h. i. liked to 'some cllubby boybold loyc or"" "",d' (474. IS); durina: 111. 4 he appelrs mo. t or the. ime . . an inflnl ill the n1lt"Stry. It don nne -. n to hive b<<n noticed <hat II tlw: end 0( 111. 4 _ hi? <: worked, 'throu&h dw: arand uyomphal arcb' , rie;hl bad 10 the birth, which it daaibed with mllDy oXtaill It S89-90. We arc, in faC1, 'Cikippinl the dockbadr. ' (579-05). At 471. ? 6 ! he As. Illudes di. telly 10 ShaWl" ioumcy bodt- ward to annihilation : 'we foUow = d in g on your photo-
phoric pilgrimale to you. an. ipod. . in . he plt,'. Imme- diately after hit reappcaf1l(lox for a moment in BooI<. IV II the newborn baby, he rtl! '" ~. . " the yllli. . . . . . . into the womb-'the vcnuifuaal principality' (60~. 17)--1UlTow"h him",lfwith amniotic: ftuld in ewr_docreuinl YOIum~ and . :rouch<:slite. r_uluntil,? diminiallina:embryo,hedil-
I Ppears'
1oyce'. (ttqur:ndy quoted IeItcrof14 May 19%4 m Milt WClY. . ,.
further ilIuminata lime I"CY~I in book II I:
'0. . . u_? . . . . . . . . . -. ,Foni/i<. """t<<I. ' . ? n. . . . ,III'. . ~. . Prov", (_. di-'1_. F. bctond Pol><<196T),'1.
'SMFW,61.
? I am sorry I could n o { fa"" the copyina OUI of Shawn which i$ a dc. ",ip';on of a po$tman Irnvdling ba<:kward. ;n the night tbrough tbe events alI'<:ady narrated. II i. wrinen in the form of a via crucisof'4 stations but in reality iI i. only a barrel rolling down tbe river Liffey. '
It i. unctrtain whether this account W:>.
intended to COVer all ofbook III or only III. I_~, which was as far a. Joy"" had drafled al the lime. RefeI'<:nct' 10 the barrel appear lI\Ol! tiy in 111. 1, although Ihere is one al S6S. 3I-Z. The stations of the Cross arc a puzzle. M n Glasheen identifico . tation. ni"", eight and six fairly convincingly. ' BUI why i. Chri. t a potlman anyway, The obviou. anal<>gy i. th:at while Christ transmits uc",d mystery from G<:>d
IOthewotld, "'ought t"tranSmil Ihe same fTOm m10 x. The mys- teries are inherem in the Cro. . and the lener respectively. BUI
VI. B. ~. I 39 gives: ' A his t is himself? and 43 I. Z I matches this with 'J. un dc:liv. ",d himself'. Again. t thi. we must $<:1 19z. I8-19 where 1:'. letter i. 'the aO$l of your own ctuelfi<:tion'. The kttcr inc<orpororing '. on the . a<:red boob of lhe wucld', il i. reasonable Ih:at it . hould pas. to X, who are named after tbe evangelists, for lranscription.
. . . becomes less pottmanlike as "'" proce<:d through bo<:* III. In Ill. , there i. much talk or hi. mailbag, hi, walking and bis view! ! on the contents ofthe lener. He examines the envelope on 420. 11-421. 14- He has delivered il 10 an the Dublin addresses of the Joyce family bu! it alW:l. Ys rom. , back inscribed. 'Left on
addr. . . ', 'Plea$<: $<:nd on' and so forth. H. has alI'<:ady told uS h. is red up carrying it around: 'where on d. . . rth (>r in th. miraculous meddle of Ihi. crpcnding umnivcrse to turn sin"" it came into my hand, I am hopelessly off cOU! ""$e to be doing anything concnning' (410. 16-19). VI. B. z1. 66 not? ? limply: '. . . wan. . 10 read her [06. '. \ lener. '
In l! l. z ,h. ,. . arc I. . . p<)Stal anu'ions, but 448. 21, 4S4. 04-7, 16 (G. P. O. ), 4S6. 24-457. 04 and 466. 30 can be instanced. The Ionges, of these passages ref. . . . I. ,. to . . . delivering letttrs than 10 his collec,ing 'exuaprofeuional po$tag. . ' owed him. by t:-
In III. ) "'" find A lying "n a ",ound, the 'Ol1lngery'. Looking acr-osstheabyss101. Swe~zcthemiddenwhichat"0. 27
'changed imo the oIllngery', from which the hen seen by Kevin scratched up the lener. So aI 4h. q-z6 )( arc able 10 a. k A:
? L. . "", I, ". j. 'C",,", II, u". . . . . "'.
Roles of A in Book III 4'
? 4l TheSigllofF;~ilIJJWa"
-W ould ye U n . )'OWI& ot~pschuJer of ps)l<:hicll chiro-
Bnphy, ""'" lW>le of KCVftl, or (let oo. ue" p"y) Evan Vauahan, of hi. Poslhom in the High SU<<t, <lUll W2J
shoo"" ~ Guiney P P I , I" rulcpia". . . , ,,,-, fo. . . nd th~ dogurnm numberonc, I would "'ages! , an illegible down- fumbcd by an uncla;iblc?
-In doknow. intcd",. . . . . . ,? ? ? SomClimelhewouldk. . . p 1il<n. forafewminu. e. u ifinp. . . . yeranddasphi. fnrobcad and during 'he time be would be ' hinking to bimldf and
he would nOl mind anybody woo would be tfllklni 10 him or cryinj stinking full. ,
Hvan Vaughan, Ihe 6". Dublin poIOtmIS! cr, had a Post House in Hi,h Sm,cL' . . . seems 10 be 1l1ki",al! ou. t Co althou&h he OUahl himself 10 be Kevin. )( arc undeceived: "The &is' is ""'" &ill 01 Sh3um bu, the hand il the hand 01 Sam. . . . Shan-Shim- Sc:hunB. There is a llrona sUlpicion on oounlerftil K"in' (4113. 03~). A iI "idently prctmdinj: In he ,he autoot of Ihe acclaimed htcr. ltur(:, but X kll<lw hen"" . . 'Some (>()Ttion of 111. 01 amw",r appears l<l have b<<n token by you from lhe wrilingl of Saint Synodiu', lha, ft"t liar' (487. 35-488_01). A, now J)lItlly un_
masked, dedarcs that he never dreamed of being a posmun but lhal his brother ~Ileuen (~1. '9-14).
A. A1><<011"'" young<:r in tnVtt'Sina book I II hilaggrftliVU>e&l wancs. Each oC ""'" fint thuc: Witches includes ? quanlity of advcr. . . rommm! "" r::: by '" and as. . . . , proceed <be amounl and intenlity 01 this commenl dccreucs_ In 111. 1, most of 414-25 attacks I: on ground. or pllgilmm and rude Iang". .
