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TH~ CfL\RAGrERISTICS OF 11iE VIOOl\IAS AGE.
Cycljc Furor
TH~ CfL\RAGrERISTICS OF 11iE VIOOl\IAS AGE.
Hart-Clive-1962-Structure-and-Motif-in-Finnegans-Wake
,f summariel ,nust .
uffice her.
: Vioo oaw the hutory of the G<:ntiles as p roceeding painfully onward, and to 10m" ""tent upw~rd, in broad spirau of !
Oeial and cultural development.
Each complete hutorical cycle consisted of an uninterrupted .
ucct$<.
ion of thrtt gr.
at 'Ages'- the Divine, the Heroic, and the H uman- followed by a very brief fourth Age which brought that cycle to an end and ushered in the next.
The cyclic progress ~gan with a thunderclap which frightened primitive, inarticulate man out of hu be<tial fQnlicati<>n under the optn .
kies, cawed him to conceive of the exiltence of a wrathful, watehful God, to ulter hio fintl.
mfied wonh-'Pa!
Pa! '- and to retire modestly 10 Ihe ohelttl of caves to initiate t! tc history of the family and of wciety. The main character_ i. tics of the thrcc cultural Ag<" which . u~ uently developed are sct out in Tahle IV. following the Ihird Age, toward the end of which man', governing power vaniilied in a g<'neral di. . . ,lution and nC(Khaos, all fell once again into the hamh of Divine pruvidence. During tM brief interregnum, usually calk d a Tit;fIT",' the ,! dtd'" of the Heavenly game wen: set up af'rt:,h so that God might hl""t them with another terrifying thunderbolt to ltart a new cycle rolling. M an y major and
minor developmental cycles in Finntl"ru W. de follow the Vioonian scheme quite closely, bul, apart from tIl( exampk analysed ~l()w (111. 1) and my <fucnMion of tIl( "''luencc of drealll_levels (Chapter Three), I shall nOt punue the Viconian . tructure in any detai! .
Vico'. Stim. . . . . Nu~"" wal in fact only one of ICver-. . 1""orCt, for the cyclic philoaophy in FinllllgflM W<l1:t. Very little attention ""-' ~ en given to the othen bc<:a. IJM: Joyc~, with hil notorious habit of uttering half_truth. about hi, bOOQ, menti<>ned only
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Vim as his 000r<:c. Chiefamong tho:: non? Viconian <:yclc:o which help to mQuld the lines ofFi"",g~1IJ Wod. are the world? ~a of Indian philolophy and the nppost:d gyreo ofYcata' 14 VUio. and Wm"' 'The MenIal Travdler'. ' joya" interut in e. u~m philosophy "e"" to have bun aro~ during his . . . . . . . i~tion with tbe colourful Dublin theosophim, ,,~th whom he mixed
for a time in hll youth. Hi. ! brother Stan;'law wrole thaI thee- tophy wu the only one ofJOYOX" early o:ntbusiums which he
taler coruid~ to be. ll. complete waste of time' but, ahho. . gh Joyce may well have Ugn. :l1ed n01spending his time 10 belter advantage, these de,p~ punuiu provided him with the taw material for a good dn l of rich AUrc in UI,Si't1 and Filwtmu IV"," and had a profound infIuenct on Ihe fonn of the
latter.
J oyce'. literary oources for the bu lk of Ihe Iht(dOphiul
. U. . . . iow in Ul. -. and FUuup1lS Woth Jttm 10 h.
Pa! '- and to retire modestly 10 Ihe ohelttl of caves to initiate t! tc history of the family and of wciety. The main character_ i. tics of the thrcc cultural Ag<" which . u~ uently developed are sct out in Tahle IV. following the Ihird Age, toward the end of which man', governing power vaniilied in a g<'neral di. . . ,lution and nC(Khaos, all fell once again into the hamh of Divine pruvidence. During tM brief interregnum, usually calk d a Tit;fIT",' the ,! dtd'" of the Heavenly game wen: set up af'rt:,h so that God might hl""t them with another terrifying thunderbolt to ltart a new cycle rolling. M an y major and
minor developmental cycles in Finntl"ru W. de follow the Vioonian scheme quite closely, bul, apart from tIl( exampk analysed ~l()w (111. 1) and my <fucnMion of tIl( "''luencc of drealll_levels (Chapter Three), I shall nOt punue the Viconian . tructure in any detai! .
Vico'. Stim. . . . . Nu~"" wal in fact only one of ICver-. . 1""orCt, for the cyclic philoaophy in FinllllgflM W<l1:t. Very little attention ""-' ~ en given to the othen bc<:a. IJM: Joyc~, with hil notorious habit of uttering half_truth. about hi, bOOQ, menti<>ned only
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J. . . w
0;. . . . . , p ",," "'" low <>flo<<<,
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Cycljc Furor
TH~ CfL\RAGrERISTICS OF 11iE VIOOl\IAS AGE. S
1'1",",,'
CK. UM;'J' " Jc,. . . . . """"".
II",,,,,Iyphi<,
o;v. . . . """"""
0;,[""
,
","'"' , hM><t=;
Vu. . . . " "';"11 1 I _ . ded.
. . . . ,. ,_. n
I I. . " " , R<. . . ,. , ol"th<
~l'''"
Onlin&ry; '. . ,? ? "V<<!
,,- """,. n, indi.
1 1 _ ; all ? ,. . . . oordinary? ;
dep<nd'''! r ott ,. . . , oruthalII><
-.
/);,. ,,,,,: ? . . . l<. . . rood. . . . y by
~~
'IIw. a. GoLOO [ Ac. orH,ROU I,
"-
Ao. "":M. ~ IIuman
F. n;o;. u,. do",
[
n. , I. o,. ofhuman "-
Human; <km<>-
",. ,",
Anku. . ,? . . -m
. . . ,. .
,i",; . ru. ru. tio
,
;. ;
Cusrow.
I'o<ti< oc "'. . . Rd'Q"" And
,
I ~"
Cooleric; I"'"",m""
",1;'''- oct - - -- - ,
J""". . . . '<1>
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-
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lli,th , "'r><"'" P. "
";th . . . . . "''',''' "",o. ! ocrupu""- . . . . . . ,,J. P-
[,. . mc~
M. . . . . . .
-"
? JOI< EIA. . . . . _ " "
_. --.
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. . . . . . . -
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'. . . . . ,. , . . . .
I Ar~""'<1! k
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bI. ><w>i,,<<,
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"P=>ion
-,~
~
[
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~ . . t;'"11"""'" II. moe; . . . . . ;'\(
-_. wi,h til< trult. """'''',''''' by </'"
"'" ofc<ttoin of tho 1><" ,h<moel " " ,
--
fae! >
P<. . h: burial
l ' u , . . . . . ,
,
? CyduF_
Vim as his 000r<:c. Chiefamong tho:: non? Viconian <:yclc:o which help to mQuld the lines ofFi"",g~1IJ Wod. are the world? ~a of Indian philolophy and the nppost:d gyreo ofYcata' 14 VUio. and Wm"' 'The MenIal Travdler'. ' joya" interut in e. u~m philosophy "e"" to have bun aro~ during his . . . . . . . i~tion with tbe colourful Dublin theosophim, ,,~th whom he mixed
for a time in hll youth. Hi. ! brother Stan;'law wrole thaI thee- tophy wu the only one ofJOYOX" early o:ntbusiums which he
taler coruid~ to be. ll. complete waste of time' but, ahho. . gh Joyce may well have Ugn. :l1ed n01spending his time 10 belter advantage, these de,p~ punuiu provided him with the taw material for a good dn l of rich AUrc in UI,Si't1 and Filwtmu IV"," and had a profound infIuenct on Ihe fonn of the
latter.
J oyce'. literary oources for the bu lk of Ihe Iht(dOphiul
. U. . . . iow in Ul. -. and FUuup1lS Woth Jttm 10 h.
