Comments on: Jung’s Letter to James Joyce on ULYSSES http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Wed, 13 May 2026 16:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310&cpage=1#comment-43108 girldetective Tue, 19 May 2015 15:57:28 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310#comment-43108 I think we can absolutely say that the absinthe is part of Stephen's cussed-up-ed-ness. Yet, should we believe Poldy with his frequent doubts about the food? On the one hand, I can't speak to the health standards of 1904 Dublin, though they could likely have been improved. On the other hand, blaming intestinal and other physical megrims on food is a common thing to do. My father is a retired allergist, and he noted that when people come in with whatever complaints they have, they always want to blame it on food. And it's rarely the food. I think we can absolutely say that the absinthe is part of Stephen’s cussed-up-ed-ness. Yet, should we believe Poldy with his frequent doubts about the food? On the one hand, I can’t speak to the health standards of 1904 Dublin, though they could likely have been improved. On the other hand, blaming intestinal and other physical megrims on food is a common thing to do. My father is a retired allergist, and he noted that when people come in with whatever complaints they have, they always want to blame it on food. And it’s rarely the food.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310&cpage=1#comment-43104 Heidi Tue, 19 May 2015 02:02:32 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310#comment-43104 Concluding thoughts on this episode. All the surrealism seems in accord w/ Stephen and Poldy, hammered by absinthe/poisoned by foodstuffs, finding themselves in Nighttown. Also, Circe, potions, men transformed into animals, etc, etc. As mentioned previously, really enjoyed the sentient objects/concepts (fan, button, gasket, yews, waterfalls, Halcyon Days, etc.). Going to make a list of all of these. THE YEWS: "Deciduously!" [ML 1946, p.540] Concluding thoughts on this episode. All the surrealism seems in accord w/ Stephen and Poldy, hammered by absinthe/poisoned by foodstuffs, finding themselves in Nighttown. Also, Circe, potions, men transformed into animals, etc, etc.

As mentioned previously, really enjoyed the sentient objects/concepts (fan, button, gasket, yews, waterfalls, Halcyon Days, etc.). Going to make a list of all of these.

THE YEWS: “Deciduously!” [ML 1946, p.540]

]]> By: crystal http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310&cpage=1#comment-43096 crystal Mon, 18 May 2015 02:50:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6310#comment-43096 I thought this page: https://books.google.com/books?id=qGTfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT218&lpg=PT218&dq=zarathustra+ash+plant&source=bl&ots=itIaNCSEJN&sig=KwxDapcNEQH9ngaf_8YdvQ3I928&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DDFZVeHDIMWXygTth4DABw&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=zarathustra%20ash%20plant&f=false I found while googling Zarathustra + ash plant fitting for this post and revealing. Really digging the tributaries that one can travel in this episode! I thought this page: https://books.google.com/books?id=qGTfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT218&lpg=PT218&dq=zarathustra+ash+plant&source=bl&ots=itIaNCSEJN&sig=KwxDapcNEQH9ngaf_8YdvQ3I928&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DDFZVeHDIMWXygTth4DABw&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=zarathustra%20ash%20plant&f=false I found while googling Zarathustra + ash plant fitting for this post and revealing. Really digging the tributaries that one can travel in this episode!

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