On the New Stars in Ulysses

IF 0.1 4区文学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

JAMES JOYCE QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI:10.1353/jjq.2023.a914618

Peter D. Usher

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The Ghost in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet appears from the direction of a bright new star, which James Joyce in Ulysses identifies as the New Star of 1572, a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia. In the book, Stephen Dedalus asserts that this celestial outburst occurs about the time of Shakespeare’s birth, but Shakespeare was born eight years earlier. This essay studies this New Star and the three other stellar outbursts for which Ulysses supplies information. It posits that Joyce creates the eight-year discrepancy intentionally and that, suitably parsed, the discrepancy does not exist. Also, it suggests that the assumed coincidence of the apparition of T Coronae Borealis nova on the birthdate of Leopold Bloom matches the seemingly erroneous coincidence of dates of the New Star of 1572 and the birth of Shakespeare, and that the text suggests that Joyce proclaims Shakespeare more intelligent than Bloom. The conclusions reached in this essay are in agreement with Bloom’s relationship to Shakespeare. We suggest that Joyce deliberately picks the star named delta of Cassiopeia over two more suitable choices for locating the direction of the New Star.

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关于《尤利西斯》中的新星

摘要:威廉-莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中的幽灵从一颗明亮的新星方向出现，詹姆斯-乔伊斯在《尤利西斯》中将其认定为 1572 年的新星，即仙后座的一颗超新星。斯蒂芬-德达鲁斯在书中断言，这颗天体爆发发生的时间与莎士比亚出生的时间相近，但莎士比亚出生的时间要早八年。这篇文章研究了这颗新星和《尤利西斯》提供信息的其他三颗恒星爆发。文章认为，乔伊斯有意制造了八年的差异，而经过适当的分析，这种差异并不存在。此外，文章还认为，北冕新星出现在利奥波德-布鲁姆出生日期上的假定巧合，与 1572 年新星和莎士比亚出生日期上看似错误的巧合相吻合，而且文中暗示乔伊斯宣称莎士比亚比布鲁姆更聪明。本文得出的结论与布鲁姆与莎士比亚的关系一致。我们认为，乔伊斯故意选择仙后座三角洲这颗恒星，而不是选择两颗更适合的恒星来确定新星的方向。

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JAMES JOYCE QUARTERLY LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： Founded in 1963 at the University of Tulsa by Thomas F. Staley, the James Joyce Quarterly has been the flagship journal of international Joyce studies ever since. In each issue, the JJQ brings together a wide array of critical and theoretical work focusing on the life, writing, and reception of James Joyce. We encourage submissions of all types, welcoming archival, historical, biographical, and critical research. Each issue of the JJQ provides a selection of peer-reviewed essays representing the very best in contemporary Joyce scholarship. In addition, the journal publishes notes, reviews, letters, a comprehensive checklist of recent Joyce-related publications, and the editor"s "Raising the Wind" comments.