Mr Deasy
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Ep. 45 – Bloomsday 2020
Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Blooms & Barnacles presents our Bloomsday 2020 episode, a little Bloomsday party you can take anywhere you go. Many friends and listeners came together to record their favorite passages from Ulysses, and we’ve compiled them into one, gargantuan Blooms & Barnacles episode. Sweny’s Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive.…
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Never Let Them In
—They sinned against the light, Mr Deasy said gravely. And you can see the darkness in their eyes. And that is why they are wanderers on the earth to this day. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. We’ve already discussed Mr. Deasy’s retrograde and inaccurate views on…
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Deasy of West Britain
Horn of a bull, hoof of a horse, smile of a Saxon. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. For all posts on Mr. Deasy, click here. The conversation between Stephen and Mr. Deasy in “Nestor” rings familiar to anyone who’s ever had to sit across from, let’s…
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Ulysses & The Odyssey: Nestor
Mulligan will dub me a new name: the bullockbefriending bard. Part of an occasional series on the Homeric parallels in James Joyce’s Ulysses. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. The Odyssey, Book 3: Telemachus and Mentor (Athena in disguise) find themselves in Pylos to meet Nestor,…
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Decoding Dedalus: A Dedalus Never Pays His Debts
—I will tell you, he said solemnly, what is his proudest boast. I paid my way. … I never borrowed a shilling in my life. Can you feel that? I owe nothing. Can you? This is a post in a series called Decoding Dedalus where I take a paragraph of Ulysses and break it down…
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Who was the Real Mr. Deasy?
To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. This post is a part of an occasional series on the real people behind the characters in Ulysses. For all posts on Mr. Deasy, click here. “You will see at the next outbreak they will put an embargo on Irish cattle.…
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The Women of Ulysses: Mr. Deasy’s Perfidious Women
Part of an occasional series on the women of Ulysses. For all posts on Mr. Deasy, click here. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. In “Nestor,” the second episode of Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus finds himself in a discussion with his employer, Mr. Deasy. They have reached a…