Category Archives: Aeolus

Seminar, 2 December 2016 – ‘Aeolus’, 784-822

Posted on 22 December, 2016 by Steven Morrison

On the 2nd of December, we rattled through an abnormally large chunk of ‘Aeolus’, moving from line 784, or thereabouts – 785, really – to line 822. Any aspirants out there, coveting the title of slowest reading group in the … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 11 November 2016 – ‘Aeolus’, 766-784

Posted on 16 November, 2016 by Steven Morrison

This may not have been the best attendance at a seminar in our entire history – tales were told later in the evening of monstrous gatherings back in days of yore – but it was certainly the fullest in recent … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 21 October 2016 – ‘Aeolus’, 737-765

Posted on 5 November, 2016 by Steven Morrison

On the 21st of October, the seminar examined lines 737 to 765 of Chapter 7, ‘Aeolus’. We were assisted by an unprecedented and unparalleled array of audio-visual resources, from the Little Review to the 1922 and the synoptic editions of … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 3 June 2016 – ‘Aeolus’ 682-719

Posted on 11 June, 2016 by Helen Saunders

In our final seminar before the summer break, we missed some of our regulars but had a large turnout nonetheless, and covered more text than in the last few seminars. When Lenehan bows ‘to a shape of air’, what shape … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 6 May 2016 – ‘Aeolus’ 658-681

Posted on 10 May, 2016 by Steven Morrison

On the 6th of May, the seminar covered lines 658 to 681 of ‘Aeolus’. We were some way into our reading of this section before it was observed that we were meeting on the one hundred and thirty-fourth (and not, pace … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 8 April 2016 – ‘Aeolus’, 621-657

Posted on 23 April, 2016 by Steven Morrison

On the 8th of April, the seminar returned to its consideration of ‘Aeolus’ and picked up from line 621. Among matters discussed: Having examined the ‘something with a bite in it’ to be given to ‘them’ in a previous session, … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 4 March 2016 – ‘Aeolus’ 597 -620

Posted on 5 March, 2016 by Helen Saunders

On the 4th March, we read lines 597 (‘The professor, returning by way of the files’) to 620 (‘Bulldosing the public’) of ‘Aeolus’. ‘Returning by way of the files’ generated yet another discussion of the exact dimensions of the room – … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 5 February 2016 – ‘Aeolus’ 563 -596

Posted on 12 February, 2016 by Helen Saunders

On the 5th of February, we read lines 563 to 596 of ‘Aeolus’, which is to say, nearly a full page of the Gabler. As agreed at the end of the last session, we began again with ‘the radiance of … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 8 January 2016 – ‘Aeolus’ 545-563

Posted on 14 January, 2016 by Steven Morrison

On the 8th of January, a well-attended session saw in the new year and considered lines 545 to 563 of ‘Aeolus’, a thoroughly worthwhile exercise in slow going. We took a little time to connect up O’Molloy’s remark (which is … Continue reading →

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Seminar, 25 September 2015 – ‘Aeolus’ 432-457

Posted on 26 September, 2015 by Steven Morrison

On the 25th of September and in accordance with tradition, the seminar rose like a great man after slumber and started up all over again, examining lines 432 to 457 of episode 7, ‘Aeolus’. That Bloom hesitates, as though waiting … Continue reading →

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