Difference between revisions of "Venissoon"

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Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "The venison purveyor Jacob got the blessing meant for Esau"
- Genesis 27:25: "And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank".

venison: deer → St Patrick was transformed into a deer to protect him from the wrath of the High King Laoghaire when he lit the Paschal Fire on the Hill of Tara

Vanessa: Jonathan Swift's name for Hester Vanhomrigh, one of his two mistresses.
- Third Census of Finnegans Wake

Venus: Roman goddess of love, usually associated in FW with Issy
- A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

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 ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=article&did=JOYCECOLL.HAYMANFIRSTDRFT.I0010&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A First-Draft Version of Finnegans wake]
-* '''venison''' &rarr; "The venison purveyor Jacob got the blessing meant for Esau" &ndash; Joyce in a letter (15 November 1926) to [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]]
+* [[Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926]]: ''"The venison purveyor Jacob got the blessing meant for Esau"''
 ** '''Genesis 27:25:''' "And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank".