Ep. 106 - M’Intosh

Who is the man in the macintosh?

The man in the macintosh

Topics in this episode include trying to figure out the identity of Ulysses’ most enigmatic figure, Penrose, HCE, Peter Falk, the details we can decipher from M’Intosh’s brief appearances in Ulysses, the infallibility of Bovril, Dusty Rhodes, why searching for Easter eggs can be unsatisfying, Theoclymenos, James Clarence Mangan, Wetherup, James Duffy, artist cameos, ghosts, the nadir of misery, and Carl Jung.

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Further Reading & Listening:

Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.

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 

Begnal, M. (1972). The Mystery Man of "Ulysses". Journal of Modern Literature, 2(4), 565-568. Retrieved July 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30053211

Betts, J. (2007, Feb 28). Projection, Shadow, Anima, Animus. The Jung Podcast. Retrieved from https://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://jungian.libsyn.com/rss&all=1&title=22576 

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 

Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y2qpjk4g 

Cosgrove, J. (1992). Macintosh and the Old Testament Character Joseph. James Joyce Quarterly, 29(3), 681-684. Retrieved July 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25485302 

Crosman, R. (1969). Who Was M'Intosh? James Joyce Quarterly, 6(2), 128-136. Retrieved July 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486755

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

Gordon, J. (2004). Joyce and reality: the empirical strikes back. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/r6e5m9r5 

Gordon, J. (2005). The M'Intosh Murder Mystery. Journal of Modern Literature, 29(1), 94-101. Retrieved July 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3831623 

Joyce, S. (1958). My brother’s keeper: James Joyce’s early years. New York: The Viking Press.

Lee, D. (2018). The Man in the Macintosh and the Science of the Occult. James Joyce Quarterly, 55 (3-4), pp. 347-369. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/725537 

Malone, T. (2016, Jun 16). The Man in the Macintosh: One of Literature’s Great Mysteries. Literary Hub. Retrieved from https://lithub.com/the-man-in-the-macintosh-one-of-literatures-great-mysteries/

Rowan, J. (2014). Who Is M'Intosh? James Joyce Quarterly, 51(4), 631-640. Retrieved July 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44162852

Simpson, J. Dusty Rhodes the popular tramp. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from http://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/dusty 

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