Lestrygonians
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Parallax
As Leopold Bloom makes his way to lunch in the opening pages of “Lestrygonians”, the eighth episode of Ulysses, he meets a sight familiar to anyone who has followed Bloom’s trail through Dublin’s city center: the Ballast Office (now called the Ballast House), just past O’Connell Bridge: These details might seem minor, but they reveal…
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Elijah is coming! Is Coming!! IS COMING!!!
As “Lestrygonians,” the eighth episode of Ulysses opens, Leopold Bloom’s tummy is rumbly. He’s on his way to a late lunch as the sights and sounds of Dublin stir his appetite either directly or symbolically. This foody-focus in James Joyce’s mind is a characteristic of the episode’s peristaltic technic. You might think that Peristaltic, or…
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Ulysses & The Odyssey – The Lestrygonians
The Odyssey – Book X After their dust-up with Aeolus, Odysseus and his crew are feeling pretty low. Worse still, the winds refuse to aid them, so they must row day and night. After a week solid of rowing, they try to take refuge in Lamos, the land of the Lestrygonians. Odysseus sends some of…