This tour of the museyroom seems as Freudian as anything in FW. It's also mysterious, with important allusions refusing to come into focus: lipoleums, Wallinstone, ffrinch, Tip.
The whole Joyce family toured the Waterloo battlefield in September 1926, coincidentally observed by (the) Thomas Wolfe: "[Joyce] walked next to the old guide who showed us around, listening with apparent interest to his harangue delivered in broken English, and asking him questions." [Ellmann p581] [more]
Is Kathe the tour guide, or another (male?)? Why ask her for the key if she's giving the tour too?
Why does it echo "The House that Jack Built"?
FDV: "From here when the clouds roll by, a clear view is enjoyable of the mound's mass, now national museum, with in greenish distance the charmful waterloose country and they two quitewhite villagettes who show herselves so gigglesome mixxt the follyages, the pretties! Penetrators are admitted in this museumound free, welshe and militaries one shellink. For her key supply to the janitrix, the Mistresse Kate. Tip. This way to the mewseyroom. Mind your boot going in. Now yez are in the Willingdone mewseyroom. This is a Prooshian gun. This is a ffrinch. Tip. This is the flag-o'-the-prushian. This is a bullet that bing the flag-o'-th prooshian. This is the ffrinch that fire the bull that bang the flag-o'-the-prooshian. Tip. This the hat of lipoleum. Tip. Lipoleum hat. This is Willingdone on his harse. This Willingdone, this his big wide harse. Tip. This is the first in the ditch. This is the gay first lipoleum boy that spy the Willingdone on his white harse. Tip. This is the jinnies making war oversides the Willingdone. This is the big Willingdone tallowscoop. Tip." (this section is remarkably free of revisions)
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I vividly see Kate's museum tour accompanied by a flickering silent movie. The "Tip"s seem like her pointer.
ReplyDeleteWe should challenge youtubers to turn the museyroom tour into a short film!
DeleteSee the spectacular Waterloo scene from the play "A Royal Divorce" for another prototype.
DeleteOr even better, the flickering silent movie of the play, from 1926.
DeleteThis the way to the museyroom. Mind your hats goan in!
ReplyDeleteNow yiz are in the Willingdone Museyroom.
This is a Prooshious gunn. This is a ffrinch. Tip.
This is the flag of the Prooshious, the Cap and Soracer.
This is the bullet that byng the flag of the Prooshious.
This is the ffrinch that fire on the Bull that bang the flag of the Prooshious.
Saloos the Crossgunn! Up with your pike and fork! Tip. (Bullsfoot! Fine!)
This is the triplewon hat of Lipoleum. Tip. Lipoleumhat.
This is the Willingdone on his same white harse, the Cokenhape.
This is the big Sraughter Willingdone, grand and magentic,
in his goldtin spurs and his ironed dux and his quarterbrass woodyshoes
and his magnate's gharters and his bangkok's best and goliar's goloshes
and his pulluponeasyan wartrews.
This is his big wide harse. Tip.
This is the three lipoleum boyne grouching down in the living detch.
This is an inimyskilling inglis, this is a scotcher grey, this is a davy, stooping.
This is the bog lipoleum mordering the lipoleum beg. A Gallawghurs argaumunt.
This is the petty lipoleum boy that was nayther bag nor bug.
Assaye, assaye! Touchole FitzTuomush. Dirty MacDyke. And Hairy O'Hurry. All of them arminus-varminus.
This is Delian alps. This is Mont Tivel, this is Mont Tipsey, this is the grand Mons Injun.
This is the crimealine of the alps hooping to sheltershock the three lipoleums.
This is the jinnies with their legahorns
feinting to read in their handmade's book of stralegy
while making their war undisides the Willingdone.
The jinnies is a cooin her hand
and the jinnies is a ravin her hair
and the Willingdone git the band up.
This is big Willingdone mormorial tallowscoop Wounderworker
obscides on the flanks of the jinnies. Sexcaliber hrosspower. Tip.