Ep. 83 - Eating Bits of a Corpse (w/ Russell Raphael)
Is the Eucharist tantamount to cannibalism? Let’s ask Thomas Aquinas.
Topics in this episode include: Fr. Conmee, Martin Cunningham, why Molly wasn’t admitted to the choir, bluey specs, Jesuit rock stars, Bloom’s skepticism of priests, a story from James Joyce’s 50th birthday party, the Eucharist, transubstantiation, the romantic possibilities of Mass, scapulars, nuns, everything Leopold Bloom doesn’t know about Holy Communion, blasphemy galore, what the Mass has in common with Hogwarts, Vatican II, the horrors of biting into the Communion wafer, the Latin Mass, the Eucharist as a lotus, practical uses for Latin, a possible connection between cannibalism and the Eucharist, Thomas Aquinas’ take on the cannibalistic Eucharist, sensualist heresy, the perfect last words, and a conversation with Russell Raphael about his book, An Understanding of Ulysses: Normal Joyce for Normal People.
Rosary and Scapular
Decoding Bloom: The Lotus Eaters Sutra
Decoding Bloom: The Opiate of the Mass
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Media Mentioned in this Episode:
Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate, Terry Eagleton
“Crossing the Iron Bridge,” Michael Hartnett
Further Reading:
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
Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/page/n39
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
Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.
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
Kent, K. S. (2013). "James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and Bloom's Utopian Vision of Ireland." Inquiries Journal/Student Pulse, 5(10). Retrieved from http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/a?id=772
O'Shea, M. (1984). Catholic Liturgy in Joyce's "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 21(2), 123-135. Retrieved December 17, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476572
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy6hq4x3
Restuccia, F. (1984). Transubstantiating "Ulysses". James Joyce Quarterly, 21(4), 329-340. Retrieved December 30, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476613
Walsh, R. (1969). In the Name of the Father and of the Son... Joyce's Use of the Mass in Ulysses. James Joyce Quarterly, 6(4), 321-347. Retrieved December 17, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486788
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