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Article: Joyce's ULYSSES.(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
- Article from:
- The Explicator
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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Critics of the Sirens episode in Ulysses, following the schematic indications, have focused on the numerous musical allusions and metaphors in the episode. The opening line, "Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyringing," intitiates the references to metals that complement the ones to music. The relation between music and metals can be traced back to Genesis. Jubal, the progenitor of musicians and those who produce musical instruments, and Tubalcain, the progenitor of metalworkers, had a common father, Lamech (Genesis 4.21-22).
Not only does the name of the hotel, Ormond, where the action of the Sirens takes place, allude to a precious metal (or in French ...
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