Haroun al-Raschid's Melons
Kelly and Dermot take a look at Stephen Dedalus' prophetic dream in "Proteus." Topics discussed include James Joyce's fascination with dream analysis, Stephen's connection to the mysterious Akasic record, Dermot's own experience with slippery time, the location of the "street of harlots" in Dublin, how Leopold Bloom and Haroun al-Raschid are connected, Orientalism, almosting, and\xa0prolonged provocative melonsmellonous osculation.\n\nYou can hear our episode about translating Finnegans Wake into Japanese here.