Ep. 87 - Chemists rarely move.
Is a bar of soap just a bar of soap?
Topics in this episode include Leopold Bloom’s visit to Sweny’s Pharmacy, how often chemists move, Dublin geography, Bloom’s forgetfulness, the shrunken skull of Sweny the pharmacist, lotuses in the chemist’s, the philosopher’s stone, doing drugs, distilled water prices, Bloom’s filthy bath plans, the lemon soap, the Victorian virtue of cleanliness, perpetual power through consumer goods, Victorian soap ads, the politics of soap advertising, Bloom’s judgement of Bantam Lyons, magical soap, Brooke’s Monkey Brand soap, Mr. Plinkett, moly and Molly.
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PJ, Kelly, Jack at Sweny’s Pharmacy, 2018
Sweny’s Pharmacy interior, 2018
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Further Reading:
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
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
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.
Kil, H. (2010). Soap Advertisements and "Ulysses": The Brooke's Monkey Brand Ad and the Capital Couple. James Joyce Quarterly, 47(3), 417-426. Retrieved February 1, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23048746
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5
