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(The phrase occurs on page 3 of FW, which is of course actually the first page of the book -- if an [[ouroboros]] of a book can be said to have a first page.)
  
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*[[Howth Castle]]: a castle in [[Howth]]
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* '''back to''' → to turn one's back on something
  
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*[[Environs]]: the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood
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* '''back to''' → to have one's back to something → when he sits up in bed [[HCE]] has his back to [[Howth]]
  
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*[http://libtext-dev.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130390&isize=M A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer]
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* '''back to''' → to arrive back at some place
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* '''recirculation back:''' could there be an allusion to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach J.S.Bach's] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricercar Ricercars]'' from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Musical_Offering The Musical Offering]''? Joyce was [http://www.geneticjoycestudies.org/GJS10/GJS10_MichelleWiten.htm acquainted with fugue and adopted it] (to some extent) for ''Sirens'' chapter of ''[[Ulysses]]''
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* '''Bach:''' (''German'') stream → [[ALP]] as the river Liffey → just as this paragraph opened with an allusion to the watery element ([[riverrun]]), so it ends with another; interestingly, both have German overtones → see [[aquaface]] for more commentary
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* [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"Howth (pron Hoaeth) = Dan Hoved (head); Howth = an island for old geographers"''
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* '''[[HCE]]''': a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called
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* '''[[Howth Castle]]:''' a castle in [[Howth]]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0390&isize=L&q1=Howth%20Castle A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_Castle Wikipedia]
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** [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=53.387065,-6.079817&spn=0.022728,0.058365&t=h&z=14&msid=104906204603482351224.00044dd3c29086b77cf0f Google Maps]
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* '''Howth Head''' (''Irish'' Ceann Binn Éadair) is a headland north of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Howth itself lies on the northern side. Originally an island, it is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or tombolo. Howth Head forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of Dublin Bay, corresponding to Killiney Head in the south. The earliest mention of the peninsula was on a map attributed to Claudius Ptolemey, where it was called ''Edri Deserta'' or in Greek ''Edrou Erēmos''
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_Head Wikipedia]
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** [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=104906204603482351224.00044dd3c29086b77cf0f&ll=53.364433,-6.057158&spn=0.022638,0.069265&z=14 Google Maps]
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* '''and:''' the new Rose and O'Hanlon edition (FW2) replaces 'and' with '&'
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* '''environs:''' the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood - note reference from ''The Encyclopædia Britannica'' (a key text for FW) Vol. VIII, 'Edinburgh', 937b: 'The views of the city and environs from the castle or any of the hills are very beautiful'
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* '''oath:''' rhymes with ''Howth''
  
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 14 January 2020

(The phrase occurs on page 3 of FW, which is of course actually the first page of the book -- if an ouroboros of a book can be said to have a first page.)

  • back to → to turn one's back on something
  • back to → to have one's back to something → when he sits up in bed HCE has his back to Howth
  • back to → to arrive back at some place
  • Bach: (German) stream → ALP as the river Liffey → just as this paragraph opened with an allusion to the watery element (riverrun), so it ends with another; interestingly, both have German overtones → see aquaface for more commentary
  • HCE: a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called
  • Howth Head (Irish Ceann Binn Éadair) is a headland north of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Howth itself lies on the northern side. Originally an island, it is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or tombolo. Howth Head forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of Dublin Bay, corresponding to Killiney Head in the south. The earliest mention of the peninsula was on a map attributed to Claudius Ptolemey, where it was called Edri Deserta or in Greek Edrou Erēmos
  • and: the new Rose and O'Hanlon edition (FW2) replaces 'and' with '&'
  • environs: the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood - note reference from The Encyclopædia Britannica (a key text for FW) Vol. VIII, 'Edinburgh', 937b: 'The views of the city and environs from the castle or any of the hills are very beautiful'
  • oath: rhymes with Howth
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