Ep. 96 - Worst Man in Dublin

The Worst Man in Dublin.

Sir Philip Crampton’s memorial fountain bust

Topics in this episode include begrudgery, so much Dublin geography, mourning customs, buildings found on Great Brunswick (Pearse) St., jarvies and the hazard, the Invincibles, the Antient Concert Rooms, Joyce’s music career, John McCormack and J.C. Doyle, Dermot’s history with the erstwhile Antient Concert Rooms’ building, St. Mark’s Church, Bloom’s strange alibi, Blazes Boylan, Books Upstairs, St. Mark’s church on Pearse St., a tale of graverobbery, Sir Philip Crampton’s memorial fountain bust, the difficulties of historical preservation in Dublin, Molly’s concert tour, Bloom’s side quest to Co. Clare, dipsomania, William Smith O’Brien, identities encoded in hats, Felix O’Callaghan, snuff at a wake, Molly’s routine, “La Ci Darem La Mano,” and Bloom’s broken heart.

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Further Reading:

St. Mark’s, sans bleak pulpit

1. Adams, R.M. (1974). Hades. In C. Hart & D. Hayman (eds.), James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical essays (91-114). Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/wu2y7mg 

2. 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 

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

4. 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 

5. Hardiman, A. (2017). Joyce in court. Head of Zeus.

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

7. O’Brien, William Smith | Dictionary of Irish Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2022, from https://www.dib.ie/biography/obrien-william-smith-a6507 

8. Simpson, J. The destruction of the open-air pulpit at St Mark’s. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-environs/st-mark-s 

9. Simpson, J. Rooms for Antient Concerts. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-environs/antient-concert-rooms 

10. The Academy image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Academy_in_Dublin_05.jpg

11. St. Mark’s, Pearse St image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mark%27s,_Pearse_Street.JPG

12. Sir Philip Crampton memorial image source: https://www.joyceproject.com/notes/060022sirphilip.htm