Ep. 146 - Is Blazes Boylan the worst man in Dublin?
Well, was he?
Blazes Boylan’s style inspiration
Topics in this episode include a thorough dissection of Hugh E. “Blazes” Boylan, why Boylan jingles and jaunts, Boylan’s snappy wardrobe, clocks on socks, whether or not Boylan smells rich, Boylan’s business ventures, Boylan’s father the horse trader, the Myler Keogh controversy, the unreliable narrators in Barney Kiernan’s pub, the sex crimes of Blazes Boylan, the sex crimes of Leopold Bloom, Miss Dunne, real life inspirations for Blazes Boylan, and the vanquishing of Molly Bloom’s suitors.
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Blazes Boylan
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Further Reading:
Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.
Gordon, J. (1981). The Secret of Boylan’s Bottom Drawer. James Joyce Quarterly, 18(4), 450–458. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476394
Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press.
Norris, M. (2011). Don’t Call Him “Blazes”: Hugh E. Boylan’s Narrative Caricature. James Joyce Quarterly, 48(2), 229–249. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23342802