Tuesday, 19 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (end)

The reading has reached the end of the musical episode, “Sirens”.

Please note that there will be no reading during the Christmas holidays. The group  will pick up Ulysses again and start episode 12, “Cyclops”, on Tuesday, 9 January 2018.


For commentaries on Ulysses:

If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes about the end of this episode, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g. the post for 23 June 2015.

Chandra hosted the blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.

If you are looking for summaries and commentaries in published works you can find a number of helpful books at the Zurich Foundation. They are available to all members of the public. One place to start are the following two classics:

Killeen, Terence. Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses. 2004. Shelf mark: C.U. 359 (features summary, commentary and additional notes for each episode of Ulysses)

Hart, Clive and David Hayman. James Joyce's Ulysses. Critical Essays. 1977. Shelf mark: C.U. 191 (devotes one chapter to each episode of Ulysses)


With good wishes for the New Year and all the reading hours to come

Tuesday, 12 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.1223)

The last reading reached:

          “Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. ”  

                    (Sirens U11.1223) 

There will be another regular reading before Christmas on Tuesday, 19 December.


If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes made for the pages being read at the moment, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g.: 

9 June 2015

Chandra hosted this blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.

Tuesday, 5 December 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.999)

The last reading stopped at the words:

          “griped the black deepsounding chords.”

                    (Sirens U11.999)


If you wish to read Chandra Holm's explanatory notes made for the pages being read at the moment, check her earlier entries for this blog, e.g.:

12 May 2015
26 May 2015
9 June 2015

Chandra hosted the blog when she was herself following Fritz Senn's Tuesday readings of Ulysses and has gathered a wealth of elucidating material and commentaries. You can find her blog entries to the right of this text in the bar under Blog Archive.

Tuesday, 28 November 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.755)

The last reading stopped at:

          “you too, me, us”

                    (Sirens U11.755)

Tuesday, 21 November 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.527)

The last reading advanced to:

          “Haw haw horn.”

                    (Sirens U11.527)

Tuesday, 14 November 2017, Sirens, Episode 11 (11.274)

The reading group has now started episode 11 (“Sirens”) and stopped at:

          “Set down his glass.” 

                    (Sirens U11.274)

Tuesday, 7 November 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (end)

The reading group has now reached the end of episode 10 (“Wandering Rocks”).

Tuesday, 31 October 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (10.1075)

The last reading stopped at:

          “The joy of creation ....” 

                    (Wandering Rocks U10.1075)

Tuesday, 24 October 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (10.798)

The reading stopped more or less at the following lines:

          “What a pity!”

                    (Wandering Rocks U10.798)


Apologies for it being only a rough guess this time.)

Tuesday, 17 October 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (10.583)

The reading group has advanced to:

          “There's a touch of the artist about old Bloom.”

                    (Wandering Rocks, U10.583)

Tuesday, 10 October 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (10.336)

The last reading ended on the words:

          “he asked roguishly.”

                    (Wandering Rocks, U10.336)

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, Wandering Rocks, Episode 10 (10.106)

The last reading saw the conclusion of episode 9 and the beginning of episode 10, stopping at:

          “poor people”   

                    (Wandering Rocks U10.106) 

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, Scylla & Charybdis, Episode 9 (9.1132)

The reading stopped at:

          “the pubic sweat of monks.”

                    (Scylla & Charybdis U9.1132)

Tuesday, 19 September 2017, Scylla & Charybdis, Episode 9 (9.919)

The reading group has reached the words of QUAKERLYSTER:

          “from me my good name.....”

                    (Scylla & Charybdis U9.919)

Tuesday, 12 September 2017, Scylla & Charybdis, Episode 9 (9.707)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Woa!” (9.707) 

                    (Scylla & Charybdis U9.707)

Tuesday, 5 September 2017, Scylla & Charybdis, Episode 9 (9.500)

The reading stopped after the musical notes with the words:

          “Gloria in excelsis Deo”

                    (Scylla & Charybdis U9.500)

Tuesday, 22 August 2017, Scylla & Charybdis, Episode 9 (9.140)

The group finished reading “Lestrygonians” and has now started episode 9, the chapter taking place in the National Library. They reached:

          “The devil and the deep sea”. 

                    (Scylla & Charybdis U9.140)

Tuesday, 15 August 2017, Lestrygonians, Episode 8 (8.1131)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Feeling of white.”

                    (Lestrygonians U8.1131)

Tuesday, 8 August 2017, Lestrygonians, Episode 8 (8.842)

The last reading stopped at:

          — Ay, he said, sighing.

                    (Lestrygonians U8.842)

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, Lestrygonians, Episode 8 (8.607)

Please note that due to the annual Workshop there will be

no reading next Tuesday, August 1st.

The next reading, on August 8, will pick up again from: 

          “did starve us all”  

                    (Lestrygonians U8.607) 

Note also that a summary of Lestrygonians is available here!

Tuesday, 18 July 2017, Lestrygonians, Episode 8 (8.418)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Balfe's wasn't she?”

                    (Lestrygonians U8.418)

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Lestrygonians, Episode 8 (8.180)

The last reading, on 11 July, stopped at:

          “name that he sees every day”  

                    (Lestrygonians U8.180) 

Tuesday , 4 July 2017, Aeolus, Episode 7

Today we completed Aeolus, episode 7.

The next episode starting on 11 July will be Lestrygonians. 

It is an episode in which there are multiple references to food. In between feelings of hunger, passing many eating places, having lunch, Bloom will be assailed by thoughts of Molly and Boylan. The episode also underscores various facets of Bloom - as a caring, empathetic person, as a person who always seeks for explanations to his questions, as a person who is an outsider in Dublin's society. 

News: On a new blog, Reading Ulysses with Fritz Senn, I have posted the summary of Aeolus based on the blog posts I wrote when I was attending the readings. Summaries of the following episodes will be made available in due course. It is actually a work in progress.  

Chandra

Tuesday, 27 June 2017, Aeolus, Episode 7 (7.870)

The last reading stopped at:

          “enjoying a silence”  

                    (Aeolus 7.870) 

The next place in the text is the headline:

        OMINOUS - FOR HIM (7.871)

News: On a new blog, Reading Ulysses with Fritz Senn, I will be posting summaries of each episode. This summary is based on the blog posts I wrote when I was attending the readings. It is actually a work in progress.  

Chandra

Tuesday, 20 June 2017, Aeolus, Episode 7 (7.736)

The last reading stopped at:

          “newspaper thereof”  

                    (Aeolus U7.736) 

The next place in the text is the headline:

          LINKS WITH BYGONE DAYS OF YORE (7.737)


The next two weeks Fritz Senn will be at the Joyce Summer School in Trieste and in Dublin. The readings (Tue 27 June, Tue 4 July) continue with Ruth Frehner.

Tuesday, 13 June 2017, Aeolus, Episode 7 (7.482)

The group stopped at:

          “snowball in hell”

                    (Aeolus U7.482)


Your next headline will be:

          THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME (7.483)

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, Aeolus, Episode 7 (7.202)

The last reading stopped at:

          “no damn nonsense” 

                    (Aeolus U7.202)

It will pick up from the next headline:

  

          AND IT WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER (7.203) 

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, Hades, Episode 6 (end)

The last reading reached the end of the funeral chapter, “Hades”.

          

Tuesday, 16 May 2017, Hades, Episode 6 (6.762)

The group has now read as far as:

          “Eight children he has anyway.” 

                    (Hades U6.762 ) 

Tuesday, 2 May 2017, Hades, Episode 6 (6.467)

Please note that there will be no reading next Tuesday, 9 May, due to the Friends' annual meeting. The next reading will be on Tuesday, 16 May.

The last reading stopped at:

          “gloomy houses” 

                    (Hades U6.467) 

Tuesday, 25 April 2017, Hades, Episode 6 (6.191)

The last reading stopped at:

          “Who was he?” 

                    (Hades U6.191)

Tuesday, 18 April 2017, Lotus Eaters, Episode 5 (5.506)

The last reading made smooth progress stopped at:

          “Funeral be rather glum.”  

                    (Lotus Eaters U5.506) 

Tuesday, 11 April 2017, Lotus-Eaters, Episode 5 (5.267)

The last reading stopped at: 

          “sidepocket” 

                    (Lotus-Eaters U5.267)

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, Calypso, Episode 4 (end)

The group has finished episode 4, “Calypso”.

Tuesday, 28 March 2017, Calypso, Episode 4 (4.320)

The reading stopped at:

     — Eleven, I think, he answered. I didn't see the paper.

            (Calypso U4.320)

Tuesday, 21 March 2017, Calypso, Episode 4 (4.98)

The Tuesday group has started episode 4 and stopped at: 

          dulcimers: I pass  

                    (Calypso U4.98) 

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, Proteus, Episode 3 (3.436)

The last reading stopped at: 

  Touch, touch me. 

  (Proteus U3.436)

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, Proteus, Episode 3 (3.134)

The last reading stopped at:

          What about that, eh? 

                    (Proteus U3.134)

Tuesday, 21 February, Proteus, Episode 3 (3.28)

The last reading stopped at “world without end”  (3.28) 

Tuesday, 14 February 2017, Nestor, Episode 2 (2.351)

The reading stopped at "Old England is dying."

Penguin 41.17, Gabler 2.351
...
Stephen has been teaching Roman History to a class. He poses some questions but no intelligent answer is forthcoming. Even Stephen's thoughts are not on teaching. His mind wanders. He thinks of Milton, of Aristotle, .. Finally the period is over, most of the kids run out, except for Sargent, who has been told by Mr. Deasy, the headmaster, to do Sums all over again, and show them to Stephen. Stephen (he could after all prove by algebra that Shakespeare's ghost is Hamlet's grandfather!) helps the boy.
When that is over, Stephen goes to Mr. Deasy's office. It is salary day. The headmaster is in a talking mood. Moreover, he wants Stephen to use his influence and get a letter (about the cattle foot and mouth disease) of his published in the newspaper.
Lecturing on the importance of the letter, Mr. Deasy vents his anti-semitic views: "England is in the hands of the jews.... And they are the signs of a nation's decay.... As sure as we are standing here the jew merchants are already at their work of destruction. Old England is dying."

Tuesday, 31 January 2017, Telemachus, Episode 1 (1.646)

The reading stopped at: Heines detached from his underlip some fibres of tobacco before he spoke. 

(Penguin p. 17) (Gabler 1.646)

Gabler edition: 1 = episode number; 646 = line number

NEW START – Tuesday, 17 January 2017

The Tuesday reading group has picked up Ulysses from the beginning again. See below Fritz Senn's announcement. 

Feel free to join the group at any point in the reading. You don't need to prepare or to know anything in particular. A basic knowledge of English is fine and having your own copy of the book would be good.