Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce

re: Joyce 184, Kisses & Qualms

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Is Mr. Bloom going to lose his daughter as well as his wife?

re: Joyce 183, Daughters & Sons

11 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom reflects on having a teenage daughter.

re: Joyce 182, A Touch Toothsome

04 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

What a delicious breakfast a kidney makes.

re: Joyce 181, Naked Nymphs

27 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom's soft porn stirs his thoughts of reincarnation.

re: Joyce 180A, Hitting a Homer

22 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Frank's bonus edition looks at the man who wrote The Odyssey. Or did he? And was it a man?

re: Joyce 180, Circus Lives

20 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom's interest is whipped up by Ruby, the Pride of the Ring.

re: Joyce 179, Garters & Greek

13 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Do we hear a different kind of chamber music?

re: Joyce 178, Molly & Mozart

06 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Poor Mr. Bloom fears the local Don Giovanni.

re: Joyce 177, Breakfast in Bed

30 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom prepares a tray and keeps it in the family.

re: Joyce 176, Milly & Moustaches

23 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom has fond but slightly unhealthy memories of  birthday gifts.

re: Joyce 175, Cats & Kosher

16 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom prepares breakfast but will the cat eat pork?

re: Joyce 174, Morning Sadness

09 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom delivers the mail and a pain to his own heart.

re: Joyce 173, Salt & Strong Men

01 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Bloom's mood changes: he seems to have a cloud over him... 

re: Joyce 173, Salt & Strong Men

01 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Bloom's mood changes: he seems to have a cloud over him... 

re: Joyce 172, Hunchbacks & Hags

25 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom experiences a mood change - he's literally under a cloud.

re: Joyce 171, Perfect Oranges

18 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom reminisces about Jewish friends and their harvest festivals.

re: Joyce 170, Olives & Opportunity

11 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom, walking along the street, contemplates the sale of olive groves in the Middle East. 

re: Joyce 169, Prime Meat and Policemen

04 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr Bloom thinks about the girl next door, but her boyfriend is a cop.

re: Joyce 168-A, Matters of Character

30 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The twelfth of Frank's "Baker's Dozen" podcast mini-essays; and this time he gives some added background to the major characters in Ulysses. 

re: Joyce 168, Make Mine Meat

28 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Who's telling this story - Mr. Bloom or Mr. Joyce?

re: Joyce 167, Kidneys & Carpetbeaters

21 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A girl in the butcher's shop excites Leopold Bloom.

re: Joyce 166, Baloney & Geography

14 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Leopold Bloom licks his lips at sausages and hears children singing.

re: Joyce 165, Dribs & Drabs

07 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom calculates how a barman rises to own a pub.

re: Joyce 164, Cuteness & Codgers

31 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A barman makes an astounding declaration to Mr. Bloom

Re: Joyce, Episode 163: Ginger & Porter

24 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom ponders the sunburst, the bank of Ireland, and independence, among other things.

re: Joyce 162, Danders & Dulcimers

17 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom imagines sweet music, and we think of a sweet sad song.

re: Joyce 161, Bread & Sherbet

10 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom is musing on exotic flavors of the east, and crusty hot bread from Dublin

re: Joyce 160, Potatoes & Keys

04 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Bloom leaves home, but how will he get back in again?

re: Joyce 159, Stamps & Hatbands

26 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

As Mr. Bloom prepares breakfast for his wife, he thinks of her father, the Major.

re: Joyce 158, Enter Mr Bloom

19 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We meet one of literature's most famous and delightful characters, Leopold Bloom of Eccles Street Dublin. 

re: Joyce 157, Proteus Redux

12 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Frank casts a brief backward glance over ChapterThree.

re: Joyce 156A, Now Read...

07 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Yet another Baker's Dozen edition: The Introduction from the brand-new eBook, re: Joyce Volume One, which contains the transcripts of the first dozen...

re: Joyce 156, Shells & Ships

05 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In which Stephen, his teeth bothering him, leaves Sandymount Strand as Chapter Three ends.

re: Joyce 155, Lucifer & Lord Byron

29 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Here we have a delightfully tricky cluster of references that range from Satan to a horse race in France.

re: Joyce 154, The Rattle of Change

22 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen has a few zombie thoughts about how a corpse will be changed by the sea.

re: Joyce 153 Weaving Waves

15 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen listens to the rhythm of the waves and thinks of weavers at the loom.

re: Joyce 152, Water Music

08 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

 Stephen makes a contribution to the seven seas. 

re: Joyce 151 Boots & Shoes

01 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen considers having put himself in other people’s shoes.

re: Joyce 150, High Noon

24 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen has an unhealthy thought for the Book of Genesis.

re: Joyce 149, Touch & Go

17 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

 Touch & Go, Stephen dreams of yellow stockings and apple dumplings.

re: Joyce 148, Sex & Stereoscopes

10 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In which Stephen, naughty boy, takes the meaning of “ineluctable” a little farther.

re Joyce 147, Shovel Hats & Shadows

03 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In chapter 3 Frank discusses emblematic illustrations, bishops, religion and Aristotle.

re: Joyce 146, Seeing Stars

27 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

As Stephen continues to write poetry we learn of Cassiopeia, augurs and their flights of birds, along with Freud, Jung, and Telemachus.

re: Joyce 145, Taking Note

20 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Frank discusses two quotes, one simple, one opaque, the latter filled with hidden symbolism, sexual desire and the connections that make them sing.

re: Joyce 144-A, Who is Sylvia?

15 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

 Frank talks about Sylvia Beach and her part in brining Ulysses to the world. 

re: Joyce 144, Womb to Tomb

13 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Frank discusses Joycean phrases including "Pin it Down" along with actor Kevin Spacey.

re: Joyce 143, Kissing

06 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen still on Sandymount. "Omnis caro ad te veniet." A pale vampire, and Douglas Hyde. Hamlet's tablets.

re: Joyce 142: Blood & Candles

27 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Still Proteus, still on Sandymount Strand, Stephen watches the "gypsy woman" pass. The handmaid of the moon. Bride-, child-, and death-beds.

re: Joyce 141, Prince of Tides

20 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The couple passes Stephen on the beach, and he wonders if the woman wonders about him - or his hat. Saint James, Hamlet, and Eve.

re: Joyce 140: Prayers & Slang

13 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of song: The Rogue's Delight and The Canting Academy. Morose delectation. Stephen muses on monkwords versus roguewords.

re: Joyce 139: Bussing & Wapping

06 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen contemplates the lingo of rogues, and Frank introduces us to Thomas Harman and Richard Head.

re: Joyce 138: Egyptians & Cant

30 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The cocklepickers become Gypsies in Stephen's mind. Bing awast to Romeville.

re: Joyce 137: Dream On!

23 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's dream, almost. Haroun al Raschid. Adverb becomes verb.

re: Joyce 136: Panther and Paws

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The dogs digs; Thomas Gray's Elegy. Spouse-breach and pards, and Brunetto Latini's Tesoretto.

re: Joyce 135: Cocklepickers and Dogsbodies

09 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Tatters, the cocklepickers' dog, encounters a fallen comrade on Sandymount Strand and is called away. In Memoriam.

re: Joyce 134: Of Mice and Morse

02 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Still on Sandymount Strand: a dog, depicted with a painter's eye, barks at the sea. Heraldry. Seamorse… or seamouse?

re: Joyce 133: Cool, Cool Water

26 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen thinks of drowning, and his mother's death. Tide and change.

re: Joyce 132A: Re: Joyce for Christmas

21 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode a few days before Christmas, Frank discusses the final tale of The Dubliners: The Dead.

re: Joyce 132: Barking at Boccaccio

19 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen, dwelling on insults, thinks of the Decameron - and of his own failures of courage and athleticism.

re: Joyce 131: Whales & Gigolos

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Still on the same paragraph, Frank considers Walter Harris's The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin as a source for Joyce. Moving on, the d...

Re: Joyce 130: Torcs & Tomahawks

05 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A running dog on the beach. Stephen thinks of Lochland raiders, and of ancient Dubliners attacking beached turlehide whales.

Re: Joyce 129: Teeth & Bones

28 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Just over halfway through Chapter 3, Proteus, we continue last week's passage. Sir Lout the gigant, and a live dog.

Re: Joyce 128: Sand & Stone

21 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen ascends from the tide, in both thought and motion, but finds only weeds, rocks, and rats. Louis Veuillot on Gautier, and an Arabian tale of sa...

Re: Joyce 127: Homeless With Hamlet

14 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen doesn't want to spend another night at Martello tower; luckily, his soul walks with him. Elsinore.

Re: Joyce 126: Time & Tide

07 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A return from Paris to Sandymount Strand, and the Kish lightship. Depressions in sand and soul, and time passing.

Re: Joyce 125: Bombs & Ballads<p>

05 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Paris still remembered on the Strand. Kevin Egan used to be a fine figure of a boy. Old bombs, old exiles, and old songs - and we're done with kevin E...

Re: Joyce 124: Betrayals and Disguises

24 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing a paragraph, Kevin Egan in the Paris of Stephen's memory. Victoria and Maud Gonne, Millevoye and Faure. Bathtime. Next paragraph: the bomb...

Re: Joyce 123: Matadors & Shepherds

17 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Conversations in Paris. Dalcassians, Arthur Griffith, pimander. Stephen as his father's son in Kevin Egan's eyes. A shirt tells a story.

Re: Joyce 122: Fairies and Cheese

12 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen still remembers Paris with Kevin Egan and Patrice: gunpowder cigarettes, absinthe, milk, coffee, and postprandials.

Re: Joyce 121: Lovers and Tarts

03 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The smell of Paris, a sensual meditation, and a bit of French farce. Giacomo Joyce.

Episode 120a: Five More Dubliners

28 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Frank takes a look at four more stories from The Dubliners in this poorly-named episode: A Painful Case, Ivy Day in the Committee Room, A Mother, and ...

Episode 20: Farls and Absinthe

26 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Pained memories, and a song. Sense-memories of Paris.

Episode 119: Sadness and Souvenirs

19 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Columbanus, Fiacre, and Scotus. Stephen's return from Paris, with dirty magazines and a fateful telegram.

Episode 118: Shooting & Shaking

12 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's remembered self, still in Paris, walks like the dispossessed - and murders in his mind. The Linati schema.

Episode 117: Puce in Paris

05 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Nostalgia for Paris: medical studies and cheap stew, ticket stubs and alibis.

Episode 116, Rabbits & Geese

29 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Thinking of Paris and Irish expatriates: Patrice, dynamite, and wild geese. The Michelet view of women, and a little French dialogue.

Re: Joyce 115: French Fun

22 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen is not going to his aunt's house after all. Kevin Egan, and the works of the blasphemous M. Leo Taxil.

Episode 114: Nets and Shells

15 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Musings on the sand, shells, lost ships, and sewage. A stogged bottle, and Christ imagery on a clothesline.

Episode 113: Under a Cloud

08 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen imagines his writings lasting an epoch, a mahamanvantara. Then: back to the third-person narrative of grainy sand and squeaking pebbles. 

Episode 112: Epiphany Time

01 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Still Chapter 3, on the Sandymount Strand. Stephen reflects on his childhood reading habits, literary ambitions, and private conceits.

Episode 111: Naked Women

25 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen will never be a saint, for various reasons.

Episode 110: Razors & Nonsense

18 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Still on Sandymount Strand. "Dan" Occam, the invincible doctor. Imagined bells and twinned principles.

Episode 109: Menace and Echo

11 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Priests move through Stephen's mind, in the sort of passage that got Joyce in trouble. Three bells mark three Eucharists.

Episode 108a: More Dubliners

06 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Frank delves into the second five stories of the Dubliners.

Episode 108: Bald Heads and Lantern Jaws

04 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen recalls friends and priests by nickname, and considers Jaochim Abbas, that old heretic.

Episode 107: Heretics and Houyhnhnms

27 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen ponders his family's fall from grace. Joachim Abbas. Frank unpacks "the rabble."

Episode 106: Whiskey and Whistling

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's mind (still on Sandymount Strand), his uncle offers him food and drink, of a sorts. Second-hand opera, and a note of warning.

Episode 105a: Meeting Joyce

16 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A special episode celebrates Bloomsday 2012 on June 16. Frank introduces us to the first five stories of Dubliners as a way of "getting into Joyce."

Episode 105: Irish Bull

13 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

An imagined domestic scene, mock heroism, and Stephen's nuncle. Differing versions of the text, and contradictions. Names unpacked, and a poignant poe...

Episode 104: A Little Swearing

06 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In Stephen's mind, his father continues to mock his mother's family, and Stephen visits his uncle's cottage.

Episode 103: Cost Accountants and Cornet Players

30 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Sandymount Strand. Stephen's thoughts: his father's voice editorializes on his mother's family. To illuminate, Frank calls on the Iliad, and Thersites...

Episode 102: Taking the Air

23 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Chapter 3 continues along Sandymount Strand. Wind and waves, Hamlet, and a god of the sea.

Episode 101: Who Is Arius?

16 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen on the nature of the trinity, and the fate of heresiarchs. Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.

Episode 100: Carnival Knowledge

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Still on Sandymount Strand. Stephen ponders his own origins and, for the first time, reflects on his father.

Episdode 99: Madam, I'm Adam

02 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Still on the beach, Stephen muses on Eve, bellybuttons, bucklers, and a good deal of poetry.

Episode 98: Something Binary

25 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen ascribes a crime to the midwife on the beach. A phonecall to the navel of the world.

Episode 97: Ladies and Liberties

18 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Chapter 3 returns to "normal" narrative for a moment. Women descend to the sea. Swinburne.

Episode 96a: Reading Lists

13 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Frank describes Joyce's reading list, which owed so much to his Catholic education.

Episode 96: Pentameters and Prosody

11 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen parses the poetry of his own thoughts, and opens his eyes to see if the the world has persisted. It has.

Episode 95: Walking on Proust

04 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen's thoughts echo his steps as he walks on shells. Frank digresses on Proust.