This post looks at the word “fascinate” in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
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“Humph is in His Doge”: Tired Discourse and Enlightened Nonsense
This post looks at the Enlightened Nonsense of Finnegans Wake, in sharp contrast to boring and childish citations and recitations of discourse.
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Recently, I’ve been thinking about the song “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie (1979). My daughter heard it for the first time the other day, and she immediately hated it (ha). But as I listened to it to appreciate her distaste for it, I was struck by the idea that rainbows symbolize a connection between our reality and our dreams and hopes.
The rainbow is a significant symbol in Finnegans Wake, and this post considers it alongside some of the ideas about “storytelling” I’ve been developing on this blog.
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In I.1, there’s a brief catalogue of all the goods that go into ALP’s “nabsack.” This includes
boaston nightgarters and masses of shoeset
I always just took this to be a reference to Boston, Massachusetts, a place that many Irish people emigrated to, mixed with garters and shoes.
But it’s also, the annotations inform me, chaussettes, the French word for socks.
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The Suspended Sentence 