Difference between revisions of "Nor avoice from afire"
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* '''nor a voice redffire''' → '''nor avoice from afire''' | * '''nor a voice redffire''' → '''nor avoice from afire''' | ||
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=article&did=JOYCECOLL.HAYMANFIRSTDRFT.I0010&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=article&did=JOYCECOLL.HAYMANFIRSTDRFT.I0010&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | ||
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| + | * [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"The flame of Christianity kindled by [[Thuartpeatrick|S. Patrick]] on Holy Saturday in defiance of royal order"'' | ||
* '''a voice from a fire''' → the voice of god in the burning bush seen by Moses (Exodus 3:2-6) | * '''a voice from a fire''' → the voice of god in the burning bush seen by Moses (Exodus 3:2-6) | ||
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0238&isize=L&q1=Nora Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0238&isize=L&q1=Nora Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | * | + | * '''fire''' → St Brigid's flame → is there an allusion here to the zodiacal sign of Virgo? |
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0127&isize=L&q1=Brigid Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0127&isize=L&q1=Brigid Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Ireland Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Ireland Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | * '''afire:''' on fire | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 25 September 2009
- nor a voice redffire → nor avoice from afire
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "The flame of Christianity kindled by S. Patrick on Holy Saturday in defiance of royal order"
- a voice from a fire → the voice of god in the burning bush seen by Moses (Exodus 3:2-6)
- a voice from afar → cf. bellowsed
- FW 407.14-15: "voise from afar ... Tu es Petrus"
- a fire → the fireplace in HCE's bedroom, linking this, the third of seven clauses in this paragraph, with Adam's (i.e. the Robert Adam mantel), the third of seven elements in the first paragraph → the 3rd of 7 elements in a second circuit of HCE's bedroom
- voice from a fire → Issy's voice transmitted down the chimney flue from her bedroom, which is directly above HCE's, as she and her alter ego converse together
- Nor avoice from afire → Nora Barnacle, Joyce's wife
- fire → St Brigid's flame → is there an allusion here to the zodiacal sign of Virgo?
- afire: on fire
