Shakespeare is in the eye of the beholder.
Topics in this episode include the real-world inspiration for Paddy’s Dignam’s funeral, Matthew Kane, the funeral cortège to Glasnevin, attendees to Matthew Kane’s funeral, Martin Cunningham, Sisyphus, the short story “Grace,” the true story behind “Grace,” the Jesuits, Matthew Kane attending his own funeral, Matthew Kane’s appearance in “Ithaca,” Michael Hart, Tom Kernan, Matthew Kane’s appearance, Shakespeare in the eyes of his beholders, visiting Matthew Kane’s gravestone, zombie Shakespeare, Martin Cunningham’s wife and Matthew Kane’s wife, ghostly voices, the origin of the name Patrick Dignam, temperance or the lack thereof, the Patrick Dignam who lived near Leopold Bloom’s house, the reason for the crumby carriage seats in “Hades,” and Paddy Dignam’s alleged role in the Easter Rising.
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Adams, R.M. (1974). Hades. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (91-114). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/wu2y7mg
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Altman O’Connor, V. (2017). ‘ALTMAN THE SALTMAN’, LEOPOLD BLOOM AND JAMES JOYCE. History Ireland, 25(3), 30-33. Retrieved February 17, 2020, from https://www.historyireland.com/volume-25/issue-3-mayjune-2017/altman-saltman-leopold-bloom-james-joyce/
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Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press .
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Joyce, S. (1958). My brother’s keeper: James Joyce’s early years. New York: The Viking Press.
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Kane, C. James Joyce and Matthew Kane. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from http://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/kane
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McNally, F. (2020, Feb 8). How Joyce paid the ferryman. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/how-joyce-paid-the-ferryman-1.4187092
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