Category Archives: Aeolus

Registration open: Reading Joyce’s “Aeolus”

Posted on 9 February, 2019 by Helen Saunders

Registration is now open for Reading Joyce’s “Aeolus” on Saturday 02 March. Please follow this link to see a list of confirmed speakers and register for the event. Tickets are £5 (the event is free for postgraduates).  

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CFP: Reading Joyce’s ‘Aeolus’

Posted on 4 October, 2018 by Helen Saunders

CFP: Reading Joyce’s ‘Aeolus’ London: Saturday, March 2, 2019 Reading Joyce’s ‘Aeolus’ (PDF) Of the 18 episodes of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922), ‘Aeolus’ has claims to be among the most neglected. Conspicuously revised after its first appearance in The Little Review in October 1918, … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 1 December – ‘Aeolus’, 1047-1075

Posted on 22 December, 2017 by Steven Morrison

After fully four years we concluded episode 7, ‘Aeolus’, reading from (in the corrected text) line 1047 to the closing line 1075. We had touched on lines 1047-9 at the previous seminar, but felt that more might remain to be … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 10 November – ‘Aeolus’, 1031-1047

Posted on 22 December, 2017 by Steven Morrison

On the 10th of November, the seminar paid close attention to lines 1031 to 1047, perhaps slowing down a little with the end now clearly in sight. Unfortunately, your humble blogger was not paying such close attention to keeping a … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 13 October – ‘Aeolus’, 1006-1030

Posted on 6 November, 2017 by Helen Saunders

Having had only a brief two weeks since our previous seminar, we began again at 7.1006 ‘Some Column! – That’s What One Waddler Said’. We noted that this headline displays more coherence than many have for a while: it’s easy … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 22 September – ‘Aeolus’, 983-1005

Posted on 6 November, 2017 by Steven Morrison

And we’re back. On the 22nd of September, the seminar reconvened to consider lines 983 to 1005 of ‘Aeolus’. Some of our findings and observations follow. Following on from “stables”, “nervy” relates to horses also (“a big nervous foolish noodly … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 2 June – ‘Aeolus’, 951-983

Posted on 17 September, 2017 by Helen Saunders

A long time ago, in early June 2017, we had our final Ulysses meeting before the summer break. We noted that ‘antithesis’ carries a lot of weight in this sentence: not only is the professor referring to Anne Kearns and … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 8 May – ‘Aeolus’, 927-951

Posted on 30 May, 2017 by Helen Saunders

  We continued with our vestals virgins, beginning the seminar at line 7.927.   We spent a long time considering the image of ‘damp nights reeking of hungry dough’. The Little Review copy read ‘The damp night’, and we decided … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 21 April – ‘Aeolus’, 888-926

Posted on 5 May, 2017 by Steven Morrison

On the 21st of April, we covered an entire page (on the Gabler scale). Among matters unearthed and discussed: Mr O’Madden Burke continues with the cod Elizabethan (does Lenehan bring this out in him?) and our thoughts turned naturally to … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 3 February 2017 – ‘Aeolus’, 845-870

Posted on 28 February, 2017 by Helen Saunders

On Friday 3rd February – one day, and 135 years, after Joyce’s birthday – we continued with ‘Aeolus’, reading from 7.845 (‘Why will you jews not accept our culture’) to 7.870 (‘enjoying a silence’). The seminar began with a discussion … Continue reading →

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