Telemachus

  • The Women of Ulysses: Mother Grogan and the Milk Woman

    To hear a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here. Part of an occasional series on the women of Ulysses. Mother Grogan pops up a couple times throughout Ulysses. She is a reference to an anonymous folk song called Ned Grogan. I couldn’t find a recording of it, so I suppose it’s…

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  • Who Was the Real Buck Mulligan?

    —He’s in with a lowdown crowd, Mr Dedalus snarled. That Mulligan is a contaminated bloody doubledyed ruffian by all accounts. His name stinks all over Dublin. 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…

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  • Who Was the Real Haines?

    “God, isn’t he dreadful? he said frankly. A ponderous Saxon. He thinks you’re not a gentleman. God, these bloody English! Bursting with money and indigestion. Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner. He can’t make you out.” To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the…

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  • Say ‘Hello’ to Martello Towers

    –Rather bleak in wintertime, I should say. Martello you call it? — Billy Pitt had them built, Buck Mulligan said, when the French were on the sea. But ours is the omphalos. To listen to a discussion of this topic, check out the podcast episode here.  Ulysses opens with a scene familiar to anyone who…

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