Ep. 77 - M'Coy. Get rid of him quickly.

Leopold Bloom braves an awkward stop-and-chat.

Topics in this episode include: Leopold Bloom’s encounter with M’Coy, what Bloom has in common with Larry David, M’Coy as a character in “Grace”, M’Coy as an early prototype for Bloom, a quincunx, Bloom wrestles with his Shadow, Bloom trying to catch a glimpse of a woman’s leg, outsider jaunting cars, Hoppy Holohan, Bob Doran, Bantam Lyons, more lotuses, Ivy Day, Charles Stewart Parnell and Home Rule, foostering, the symbolism of Bloom’s interrupted ogling, the technic of narcissism, and the peri.

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Further Reading:

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

2. Del Río Molina, B. (2006). From Iconophagy to Anthropophagy: Cannibalising Images in Ulysses. Papers on Joyce, 12, 25-43. Retrieved from http://www.siff.us.es/iberjoyce/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-PoJ12-Benigno.pdf 

3. Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.

4. Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/page/n39 

5. 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 

6. Herring, P. (1974). Lotuseaters. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (71-90). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy2gpfhs 

7. Kenner, H. (1987). Ulysses. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=Ajlz5rzPBOkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q&f=false 

8. Leland, B. (2014). An Abode of Bliss: Plumtree's Potted Meat and the Allegory of the Theologians. James Joyce Quarterly, 52(1), 37-53. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44162649 

9. Magalaner, M. (1953). Leopold Bloom before 'Ulysses'. Modern Language Notes, 68(2), 110-112. doi:10.2307/2909699. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/2909699 

10. Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5

11. Wellington, F. (1977). A Missing Conversation in "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 14(4), 476-479. Retrieved February 11, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/25476087

    Jaunting car image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irish_Jaunting_car_(29536513210).jpg 

    Peri image source: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/mistic/religionsplanetearth210.htm