On 19 December 1917 Pound wrote to Joyce praising ‘Telemachus.’ Pound, who had already been responsible for getting A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man into print, was impressed by the first episode of Joyce’s new novel, Ulysses. For the next three years, Pound was editor, critic, and even censor of Ulysses. Shortly […]
Tag archives: Telemachus
Guest Blog: Fathers of Western Thought
Fathers of Western Thought continue their guest blog for the James Joyce Centre, with songs and lyrics based on Ulysses. These songs are based on the first three chapters of the novel. Invisibility (Telemachus) Invisibility (Telemachus) by FathersOfWesternThoughtJJ Lyrics I am the boy That can enjoy Invisibility Chrysostomos! Omphalos! I am the boy That can […]
Telemachus 0004
[cf. Gabler 3:5, 1922 3:5] Mulligan has come to the top of the tower to shave. There’s light there, and a beautiful view. He associates his morning ritual with a Catholic mass, and summons Stephen Dedalus upstairs to join him. What he’s saying translates as: “I will go up to God’s altar.” More pertinently, it […]