Difference between revisions of "Nor avoice from afire"
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* '''a voice from afar''' → cf. [[bellowsed]] | * '''a voice from afar''' → cf. [[bellowsed]] | ||
** '''[[Page_407|FW 407.14-15]]:''' "voise from afar ... Tu es Petrus" | ** '''[[Page_407|FW 407.14-15]]:''' "voise from afar ... Tu es Petrus" | ||
| + | ** Telephone: From Ancient Greek tēle, “afar” + phōnē, “voice”. Bellowsed: Alexander Graham Bell. | ||
* '''a fire''' → the fireplace in [[HCE|HCE's]] bedroom, linking this, the third of seven clauses in this paragraph, with [[Eve_and_Adam's|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|HCE's]] bedroom | * '''a fire''' → the fireplace in [[HCE|HCE's]] bedroom, linking this, the third of seven clauses in this paragraph, with [[Eve_and_Adam's|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|HCE's]] bedroom | ||
Revision as of 21:36, 13 July 2011
- 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"
- Telephone: From Ancient Greek tēle, “afar” + phōnē, “voice”. Bellowsed: Alexander Graham Bell.
- 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
- avoice from afire → Both 'no voice from no fire' (cf. Greek prefix a- or an, 'not') and its opposite (cf. OE intensifier a- as in arise or awake)
