incubism

  • Ep. 98 – Reuben J. Dodd

    How long can you hold a grudge? Topics in this episode include Mr. Power’s kept woman, hot 1904 gossip, rumpsteak, Reuben J. Dodd the Younger’s plunge into the Liffey, Bloom’s storytelling ability, pre-decimal currency, petty score settling, Elvery’s elephant, our favorite vegetarian restaurant in Dublin, Barabbas, chisellers, gombeens, usury, antisemitic stereotypes, whether Bloom is a…

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  • Ep. 94 – A Fine Old Custom

    I’ll tickle his catastrophe, believe you me! Topics include Ulysses tarot cards, incubism, the system of correspondences found in Ulysses, Martin Cunningham, Mr Power, Simon Dedalus, armstraps, caring for corpses, women’s role in caring for the dead, hats as identities, economic incubism, Bloom’s outsider status, Irish funeral customs, embalming, why Dignam’s widow doesn’t attend his…

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  • Incubism

    “The coffin is a house in which the dead shelter for a time…. The cortège brings the dead back into the pathways of the living. When the body is no longer capable of locomotion, it is carried along by members of the community in an act of solidarity, which turns out to be an act…

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