Ep. 72 - Dearest Papli

Is a picnic really just picnic?

In this episode, Dermot and Kelly discuss Milly’s letter from Mullingar, those lovely seaside girls, Milly’s purpose in the narrative of Ulysses, the implication of a picnic, whether or not Milly is a poor substitute for Rudy, the significance of Milly’s fifteenth birthday, how Milly’s maturity has affected her parents’ marriage, Freud’s concepts of censorship and projection, Leopold and Molly projecting their insecurities onto Milly, Milly as a looking glass, whether or not Milly is nothing but a mini-Molly, whether or not incest is a major theme in Ulysses, Leopold and Milly’s jaunt on the Erin’s King, how concerned Bloom should be about Bannon, and Bloom’s knowledge that he can’t control Milly.

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Further Reading:

1. Eggers, T. (1975). Darling Milly Bloom. James Joyce Quarterly, 12(4), 386-395. Retrieved July 21, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25487215

2. Ford, J. (1977). Why Is Milly in Mullingar? James Joyce Quarterly, 14(4), 436-449. Retrieved October 23, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476084 

3. Ryan, K. (2014). Milly Bloom as Blind Spot in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly,52(1), 17-35. Retrieved July 21, 2021, fromhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/44162648