This post reflects on my last post and briefly offers an alternate way of conceiving the equations that I discussed there.
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Mental Math
The math problem comes in Finnegans Wake II.2 occurs right after Shem/Dolph shows his brother how to draw the two interlocking circles that I discussed in my last post. This post explores the math problem itself.
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“Shem is as short for Shemus as Jem is jokey for Jacob.”
Thus begins James Joyce’s parody of himself, which is an exploration of how “Shem the Penman” is a gross, smelly weirdo whom no one likes.
Shem is one half of HCE, the introverted and artistic side of human nature. His brother, Shaun, is the extroverted and practical side.
Continue readingClothing in Finnegans Wake (Part 3): Scaldbrother
You can read the previous entries on this subject here and here. In those posts, I sketch out the idea that the naked body is a symbol in the Wake for art, while clothing is a symbol for the facts of reality. The Wake suggests that, in a sense, fiction is “truer” than fact, for art contains the patterns that repeat with variations in life, the same anew.
This post extends my thoughts on this subject.
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The Suspended Sentence 