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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.) | (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''': [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: "Howth (pron Hoaeth) = Dan Hoved (head)" | ||
* '''[[HCE]]''': a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called | * '''[[HCE]]''': a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called | ||
Revision as of 10:23, 23 September 2009
(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.)
- Howth: Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "Howth (pron Hoaeth) = Dan Hoved (head)"
- HCE: a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called
- Howth Castle: a castle in Howth
- 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 Heremos
- environs: the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood
- Oath (Howth is pronounced like both)
