Difference between revisions of "Humptyhillhead of humself"

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* pun with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty Humpty Dumpty]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty Humpty Dumpty]
* "hillhead" refers to a mythological sleeping giant with his head being [[Howth]] and his feet sticking up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park Phoenix Park].
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* humped, humpbacked: HCE is a hunchback
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* hillhead: Joyce's conception of Finn Mac Cool as a sleeping giant interred in the Irish landscape, with his head beneath [[Howth]] (''Da'' hoved: head) and his feet sticking up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park Phoenix Park]

Revision as of 09:01, 14 June 2006

  • humped, humpbacked: HCE is a hunchback
  • hillhead: Joyce's conception of Finn Mac Cool as a sleeping giant interred in the Irish landscape, with his head beneath Howth (Da hoved: head) and his feet sticking up in Phoenix Park