We stopped at " . . . the bulloge she bears!" (583.4)
What is bulloge? It has many meanings: bullock, belly. It also refers to the place Bulloge in the County of Galway. In this book, it could also mean the bulge (i.e, belly). After all what we have been reading can be interpreted on one level as the sexual act between HCE and ALP. So ALP has to bear the burden of HCE's bulge.
At this stage, FW is becoming quite openly sexual. A witness to what is going on in HCE's bedroom is Luke, one of the four evangelists. The current section (starting with the sentence, Third position of concord; 582.29) is a report of what Luke sees. He has an excellent view from front but does not see HCE completely as female [is] imperfectly masking male. Another witness is the man in the street [who] can see the coming event. We meet him in our next reading.
What is bulloge? It has many meanings: bullock, belly. It also refers to the place Bulloge in the County of Galway. In this book, it could also mean the bulge (i.e, belly). After all what we have been reading can be interpreted on one level as the sexual act between HCE and ALP. So ALP has to bear the burden of HCE's bulge.
At this stage, FW is becoming quite openly sexual. A witness to what is going on in HCE's bedroom is Luke, one of the four evangelists. The current section (starting with the sentence, Third position of concord; 582.29) is a report of what Luke sees. He has an excellent view from front but does not see HCE completely as female [is] imperfectly masking male. Another witness is the man in the street [who] can see the coming event. We meet him in our next reading.
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