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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac | + | * [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"Parnell ousted Isaac Butt from leadership"'' |
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| + | * '''Isaac:''' son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''Isaac Butt:''' Irish Protestant lawyer who began the Home Rule Party which was later led by [[Parnell|Charles Stewart Parnell]] → [[buttended]] | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0134&isize=L&q1=Butt Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issac_Butt Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''eye-sick:''' i.e. blind | ||
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| + | * '''Isaac Bickerstaff:''' a persona or pseudonym used by [[Jonathan Swift]] | ||
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| + | ==Commentary== | ||
| + | * Parnell and Butt as [[Shem]] and [[Shaun]]. Shem and Shaun are associated with the bedroom door; this, the fourth of seven clauses in this paragraph, corresponds to "swerve of shore" in the first paragraph, the 4th of 7 elements in a second circuit of [[HCE]]'s bedroom | ||
Latest revision as of 11:26, 23 September 2009
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "Parnell ousted Isaac Butt from leadership"
- Isaac: son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother
- Isaac Butt: Irish Protestant lawyer who began the Home Rule Party which was later led by Charles Stewart Parnell → buttended
- eye-sick: i.e. blind
- Isaac Bickerstaff: a persona or pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift
