Ep. 105 - The Ides of June
Beware the Ides of June.
“…a queer breedy man great catholic all the same like a big giant in the dark.”
Topics in this episode include the power of keys, John O’Connell the St. Peter of Dublin, “Silver Threads Among the Gold”, Daniel O’Connell the Hercules of Dublin, Daniel O’Connell’s cheatin’ heart, the Persephone of Dublin, Christian burial practices, blood libel, vampire imagery and antisemitism, Leopold Bloom’s version for everlasting life after death, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a hilarious Latin joke, Robinson Crusoe and Friday, the funeral practices of ants, and Jewish burial practices.
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Further Reading:
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
Bowen, Z. (1974). Musical allusions in the works of James Joyce: Early poetry through Ulysses. Albany: State University of New York Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y9erlwtw
Elliot, D. (2006, Dec 9). How ants bury their dead [radio broadcast]. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6603664
Facing History and Ourselves, “The Power of a Lie: The History of the Blood Libel,” video, last updated April 18, 2022. Retrieved from https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/power-lie-history-blood-libel
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
Harrison, L. (1999). Bloodsucking Bloom: Vampirism as a Representation of Jewishness in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 36(4), 781-797. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25474086
Hart, C. Is Spurgeon in Heaven? James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/spurgeon
McDonald, H. (2008, Nov 16). Duels, debts and love affairs - the real Daniel O'Connell. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/16/ireland-history
Oireachtas, H. of the. (1925, June 11). SEANAD RESUMES. - DEBATE ON DIVORCE LEGISLATION RESUMED. – Seanad Éireann (1922 Seanad) – Thursday, 11 Jun 1925 – Houses of the Oireachtas. www.oireachtas.ie. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1925-06-11/12/
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). Blood Libel. United States holocaust memorial museum. Retrieved February 20, 2023, from https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/blood-libel