Blooms & Barnacles

Put on your costliest frillies!
Topics in this episode include Bloom's literary interest, Aristotle's Masterpiece, Fair Tyrants, Victorian flagellation literature, Molly's desire for some decent erotica, the origins of Sweets of Sin, why Bloom chooses Sweets of Sin, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the novel Venus in Furs, masochism in literature, Bloom's inclination towards masochism, Joyce's interest in masochism, the influence of Venus in Furs on Ulysses, Joyce's love letters, and why it matters that Bloom is a "womanly man."
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Sweets of Sin
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We tell the story of Silken Thomas' rebellion in 1534.

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All you need is Love.

Topics in this episode include tertiary Ulysses characters, Ned Lambert, J.J. O'Molloy, the many lives of St. Mary's Abbey, the Reverend Hugh C. Love, the Fitzgeralds, Silken Thomas' rebellion, what Reverend Love gets right and wrong about history, how Church and State are allies rather than rivals, Irish history through a Protestant lens, the Great Earl burning down Cashel Cathedral, pretenders to the throne, the Tholsel, and the Ford of the Hurdles.

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The Most Historic Spot in All Dublin

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I hope you didn't expect us to know Italian.

Topics in this episode include the real Almidano Artifoni, why he wears such stiff trousers, what he and Stephen are talking about in "Wandering Rocks," James Joyce's early passion for the Italian language, Joyce's early days in Trieste, his friendship with Artifoni, the Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Stephen's search for a father, and Joyce's brief music career.

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Who was the real Almidano Artifoni?

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We discuss the history of two historic houses in Ireland -- Aldborough House and Belvedere House.

 

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