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wikipedia, iStream of consciousness

Posted on October 1, 2008 by twotreatises

“What, will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doom?” (MacBeth, IV.i) crack of doom, day of judgment, doomsday, Bloomsday Ragnarök (Old Norse: “final destiny of the gods”)=death of Odin, Thor, Loki, Marvel comics; Ragnarökr or Ragnarökkr (“Twilight of … Continue reading →

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How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

Posted on September 14, 2008 by twotreatises

phrases I liked: in “My Father’s Brain”: the brain as “lovely and postmodern” p. 10 “medicalization of human experience” p. 19 “ever-expanding nomenclature of victimhood”p. 19 “My sense of private selfhood turns out to have been illusory” p. 20 “the … Continue reading →

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Ulysses, Ch. 5 (Lotus-eaters)

Posted on July 2, 2008 by twotreatises

[10 a.m.; Scene: Bloom wanders through Dublin; Organ: Genitals; Art: Botany-chemistry; Symbol: The Eucharist; Technique: Narcissism; Lotus-Eaters=the cabhorses, communicants, soldiers, eunuchs, bather, watchers of cricket] watch for: flower/plant references By lorries along sir John Rogerson’s quay Mr Bloom walked soberly, … Continue reading →

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Ulysses, Ch. 4 (Calypso)

Posted on June 26, 2008 by twotreatises

[8 a.m., Thurs, June 16, 1904; Scene: Leopold Bloom’s house; Organ: Kidney; Art: Economics; Colors: Orange; Symbol: Nymph; Technique: Narrative (mature); Calypso=the Nymph; The Recall=Dlugacz; Ithaca=Zion] watch for: things of the body (food, blood/guts, manure, etc.) Mr Leopold Bloom ate … Continue reading →

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Ulysses, Ch. 3 (Proteus)

Posted on June 23, 2008 by twotreatises

[11 a.m.; Scene: beach along Sandymount Strand; Art: Philology; Color: Green; Symbol: Tide; Technique: Monologue (male); Proteus=primal matter; Menelaus=Kevin Egan; Megapenthus=cockle picker] watch for: death (dog/mother)/drowning (fear of water), waves/snakes Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no … Continue reading →

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