tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post5471196455723091175..comments2024-02-28T08:40:20.134+00:00Comments on From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay: James Joyce, the dancing yearsPeter Chrisphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-25432239758668021922021-02-12T16:55:06.787+00:002021-02-12T16:55:06.787+00:00'In the beginning was the gest he jousstly say...'In the beginning was the gest he jousstly says' 468.05 'his joussture' 535.03 Both referring to Marcel Jousse, the Jesuit anthropologist who argued that language originated in gesture.Peter Chrisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-707721080364086052021-02-12T16:45:52.035+00:002021-02-12T16:45:52.035+00:00Mary Colum writes that Joyce believed that languag...Mary Colum writes that Joyce believed that language had its origin in gesture: 'In the beginning was the rhythmic gesture,'' Joyce often said. See Lorraine Weir's The Choreography of Gesture: Marcel Jousse and "Finnegans Wake" https://www.jstor.org/stable/25476067?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Aef4facfa3360a54c914ab3a0cda26c0a&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentsPeter Chrisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-74209104300919749922021-02-12T16:34:56.604+00:002021-02-12T16:34:56.604+00:00Brilliant Tim Finegan!
Brilliant Tim Finegan!<br />Peter Chrisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-31622057108515537832021-02-12T14:47:32.712+00:002021-02-12T14:47:32.712+00:00this is what i was really looking for, in stephen ...this is what i was really looking for, in stephen hero:<br />— There should be an art of gesture, said Stephen one night to Cranly.<br />— Yes?<br />— Of course I don't mean art of gesture in the sense that the elocution professor understands the word. For him a gesture is an emphasis. I mean a rhythm. You know the song "Come unto these yellow sands?"<br />— No.<br />— This is it, said the youth making a graceful anapaestic gesture with each arm. That's the rhythm, do you see?<br />— Yes.<br />— I would like to go out into Grafton St some day and make gestures in the middle of the street.Tim Finneganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247114925548095003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-65223741696079078632021-02-11T23:11:40.463+00:002021-02-11T23:11:40.463+00:00Brilliant! Joycejoy.Brilliant! Joycejoy.David M Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405370549827274587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-71742223871639668952021-02-11T20:59:27.057+00:002021-02-11T20:59:27.057+00:00Lucia Joyce was a professional dancer. She must ha...Lucia Joyce was a professional dancer. She must have got it from her father.George Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041563653888119954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-67689343630542655682021-02-11T18:06:53.125+00:002021-02-11T18:06:53.125+00:00Ellmann tells one Dublin dance story: 'When he...Ellmann tells one Dublin dance story: 'When he danced with Mary Sheehy, he held her so limply and loosely that she could scarcely follow him. Once, perceiving her difficulty, Joyce said, 'Hold my thumb.' Thinking he had said 'tongue,' she protested, 'Oh, how can I do that?' Joyce replied, 'My thumb!' 'Oh,' she said, 'I thought you said your tongue.''Peter Chrisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-25919564154270695272021-02-11T18:02:33.668+00:002021-02-11T18:02:33.668+00:00'The pianola, with changing lights, plays in w...'The pianola, with changing lights, plays in waltz time the prelude to My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl. Stephen throws his ashplant on the table and seizes Zoe around the waist. Florry and Bella push the table towards the fireplace. Stephen, aiming Zoe with exaggerated grace, begins to waltz her around the room.'Peter Chrisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11206688095197843271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657229330840382051.post-60658453051245214902021-02-11T17:20:46.166+00:002021-02-11T17:20:46.166+00:00Stephen thrusts the ashplant on him and slowly hol...Stephen thrusts the ashplant on him and slowly holds out his hands, his head going back till both hands are a span from his breast, down turned in planes intersecting, the fingers about to part, the left being higher.Tim Finneganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247114925548095003noreply@blogger.com