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| − | *"The venison purveyor Jacob got the blessing meant for Esau", | + | * '''venisoon''' → '''venissoon''' |
| + | ** [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] | ||
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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"; cf. [[Thuartpeatrick]] | ||
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| + | * '''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 | ||
| + | ** Deer perhaps points to '''stag'''; terms for various kinds of deer are found throughout the text, including doe and pricket. Thursday, "Thor's Day" or the day of thunder, in German is Donner'''stag'''. | ||
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| + | * '''Vanessa:''' Jonathan Swift's name for Hester Vanhomrigh, one of his two mistresses. | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0384&isize=L&q1=Vanhomrigh Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | * '''Venice''' | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0578&isize=L&q1=Venice A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''venissoon''' → [[Issy]] | ||
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| + | * '''Venus:''' Roman goddess of love, usually associated in FW with [[Issy]] | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0578&isize=L&q1=Venus A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''veni:''' (''Latin'') 1. I came; 2. come! (''imperative, singular'') | ||
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| + | * '''venissoon after:''' very soon after | ||
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| + | * '''After:''' (''German'') anus; ass, buttocks | ||
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| + | [[Category:Jonathan Swift]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:30, 25 June 2012
- venisoon → venissoon
- 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"; cf. Thuartpeatrick
- 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
- Deer perhaps points to stag; terms for various kinds of deer are found throughout the text, including doe and pricket. Thursday, "Thor's Day" or the day of thunder, in German is Donnerstag.
- Vanessa: Jonathan Swift's name for Hester Vanhomrigh, one of his two mistresses.
- Venice
- venissoon → Issy
- Venus: Roman goddess of love, usually associated in FW with Issy
- veni: (Latin) 1. I came; 2. come! (imperative, singular)
- venissoon after: very soon after
- After: (German) anus; ass, buttocks
