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Ep. 69 – Met Him Pike Hoses

We do our best to take Molly’s advice and tell it in plain words – what is metempsychosis? Topics covered in this episode include Boylan’s bold hand, whether or not…

We do our best to take Molly’s advice and tell it in plain words – what is metempsychosis?

Nymph's Bathing Place , Edward John Poynter, 1904
Nymph’s Bathing Place , Edward John Poynter, 1904

Topics covered in this episode include Boylan’s bold hand, whether or not cats are kosher, moustache cups, secret letters, “La Ci Darem La Mano”, an orangekeyed chamberpot, how Molly can be both Calypso and Penelope, Joyce’s personal interest in metempsychosis, why understanding reincarnation is a key to understanding Ulysses as a whole, Molly’s quest for high quality erotica, the importance of Paul de Kock, nymphs, the truth about Photo Bits, Molly the nymph, metamorphosis v. metempsychosis, the importance of the body in Ulysses, and the union of body and mind.

Caricature of de Kock, André Gill, 1867
Caricature of de Kock, André Gill, 1867

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Atlas Obscura on moustache cups

Ruby: A Novel, Founded on the Life of a Circus Girl, Amye Reade

Further Reading:

A moustache cup
A moustache cup

  1. Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

  2. Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.

  3. Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/page/n39

  4. Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce’s Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk

  5. Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books. 

  6. Gryta, C. (1984). Who Is Signor Maffei? And Has “Ruby: The Pride of the Ring” Really Been Located? James Joyce Quarterly,21(4), 321-328. Retrieved April 2, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/25476612

  7. Kojima, M. (2005). Leopold Bloom’s “metempsychosis” and “parallax” in “Ulysses”. Journal of Irish Studies,20, 21-30. Retrieved February 11, 2020, fromwww.jstor.org/stable/44646151

  8. Lang, F. (1993). Ulysses and the Irish God. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ty6p8yo

  9. Mahon, P. (2009). Joyce: a guide for the perplexed. Continuum Books. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vbbm3hv

  10. Marsh, T. (1993). Is There More to “Photo Bits” than Meets the Eye? James Joyce Quarterly,30/31, 877-893. Retrieved April 3, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/25515775

  11. Power, M. (1981). The Discovery of “Ruby”. James Joyce Quarterly,18(2), 115-121. Retrieved April 3, 2020, fromwww.jstor.org/stable/25476349

  12. Rickard, J.S. (1999). Joyce’s book of memory: the mnemotechnic of Ulysses. Duke University Press: London. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/saqmaeg

  13. Simone, T. (2013). “Met him pike hoses”: Ulysses and the Neurology of Reading. Joyce Studies Annual2013, 207-237.https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/530794.