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Refers to Kaaba (cube-house), a structure within the Great Mosque at Mecca. | Refers to Kaaba (cube-house), a structure within the Great Mosque at Mecca. | ||
| − | This begins a half-paragraph teeming with references to Islam. In early 1938, Joyce read and annotated the first 101 pages of "The Story of Mohammed," a 189-page biography by Edith Holland. He incorporated some of this material in these lines from page 5 of Wake, | + | This begins a half-paragraph teeming with references to Islam. In early 1938, Joyce read and annotated the first 101 pages of "The Story of Mohammed," a 189-page biography by Edith Holland. He incorporated some of this material in these lines from page 5 of Wake, twelve years after the page's first draft. |
For much more, go to | For much more, go to | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 21 August 2005
Refers to Kaaba (cube-house), a structure within the Great Mosque at Mecca.
This begins a half-paragraph teeming with references to Islam. In early 1938, Joyce read and annotated the first 101 pages of "The Story of Mohammed," a 189-page biography by Edith Holland. He incorporated some of this material in these lines from page 5 of Wake, twelve years after the page's first draft.
For much more, go to
http://www.antwerpjamesjoycecenter.com/GJS/Holland99.htm
a lengthy article on the subject of Joyce's use of Holland's book.
