Parody 1: 12.33-51 (292:37-293:16). For non-perishable goods . . . assigns of the other
part - The style is that of a legal document in a civil suit for nonpayment of debts.



Parody 2: 12.68-99 (293:38-294:32). In Inisfail the fair . . . raspberries from their
canes -Parodies the style of nineteenth-century translations and revisions of Irish
poetry, myth, and legend. This passage makes specific use of phrases from James Clar-
ence Mangan's translation of "Aldfrid's Itinerary" (see following note) and in gen-
eral lampoons the style of works such as Lady Gregory's Gods and Fighting Men (1904).



Parody 3: 12.102-117 (294:35-295:10). And by that way wend...agate with dun - Con-
tinues the parody of Irish-revival legendry.



Parody 4: 12.151-205 (296:5-297:27). The figure seated . . . of paleolithic stone -
This description of the "Irish hero" further parodies late-nineteenth-century re-
working of Irish legend, and it obviously owes a debt of "gigantism" to Homer's
description of Polyphemus, the Cyclops in Book 9 of The Odyssey.



Parody 5: 12.215-17 (297:39-41). Who comes through . . . the prudent soul - Continues
the parody of reworked Irish legend.



Parody 6: 12.244-48 (298:30-34). And lo, as they . . . fairest of his race - Continues
the parodies of reworked Irish legend.



Parody 7: 12.280-99 (299:30-300:12). Terence O'Ryan . . . the ruddy and the ethiop -
Continues the parodies of reworked Irish legend intermixed with retold stories from
Greek mythology and medieval romance.



Parody 8: 12.338-73 (301:13-302:12). In the darkness spirit . . . bad given satis-
faction -Parodies a Theosophist's account of a spiritualist seance. The "scien-
tific" exactitude of some of the phrases ("Communication was effected," "It was
ascertained," etc.) lampoons the style of reports published by the Society for
Psychical Research in London, The society was founded in 1882 for the purpose of
making "an organized and systematic attempt to investigate that large group of
debatable phenomena designated by such terms as mesmeric, psychical, and spirit-
ualistic."



Parody 9: 12.374-76 (302:14-17). He is gone .. with your whirlwind - Again parodies
re-worked Irish legend, the lament for the death of a hero.



Parody 10: 12.405-6 (303:10-11). And mournful . . . beam of heaven - Continues the
previous parody; see 12.374-76n.



Parody 11: 12.446-49 (304:15-18). In the dark land . . . saith the Lord - Parodies
the style of popular "stories from medieval romance" as well as biblical prose.



Parody 12: 12.468-78 (304:39-305:9). The distinguished scientist ... per diminutionem
capitis - Parodies a medical journal's report of a medical society meeting.



Parody 13: 12.525-678 (306:24-310:38). The last farewell was affecting . . . down Lime-
house way - Parodies a newspaper's feature-story coverage of a large-scale public
and social event. This "account" of the execution of Robert Emmet (see 6.977-78n)
owes a debt of parody to Washington Irving's (1783-1859) story "The Broken Heart,"
in The Sketch Book (1819-20).



Parody 14: 12.712-47 (311:34-312:32). All those who are . . . After Lowry's lights -
Parodies the style of a newspaper's plug for a theatrical program (not dissimilar to
the "paragraph" Bloom is trying to get to complement Keyes's ad).



Parody 15: 12.785-99 (313:35-314:8). Let me, said he . . . me even of speech - Par-
odies the dialogue in sentimental-genteel nineteenth-century fiction.



Parody 16: 12.846-49 (315:21-25). Ga Ga Gara . . . Klook Klook Klook - Parodies the
style of a child's primer.



Parody 17: 12.860-79 (315:39-316:19). Mr Cowe Conacre . . . (The house rises. Cheers.)
-Parodies the minutes of proceedings of the House of Commons.



Parody 18: 12.897-938 (316:40-318:5). A most interesting discussion ... P. Fay, T. Quirke,
etc., etc. - Parodies the minutes of a meeting written up as a disguised advertisement
of a so-cial or political organization (intended for insertion in the columns of a newspaper).


Parody 19: 12.960-87 (318:29-319:19). It was a historic . . . mobbed him with delight -
Parodies sports journalism.



Parody 20: 12.1003-10 (319:37-320:3). Pride of Calpe's . . . line of Lambert - Parodies
nineteenth-century reworkings of medieval romance.



Parody 21: 12.1111-40 (322:34-323:28). And whereas on the sixteenth ... was a malefac-
tor Combines parodies of trial records and "high-classical" Irish legend.



Parody 22: 12.1183-89 (324:32-40). O'Nolan, clad in . . . of the seadivided Gael - Con-
tinues the parody of medieval romance and "high-classical" Irish legendry.



Parody 23: 12.1210-14 (325:22-26). He said and then . . . the deathless gods - Continues
the parody of medieval romance and "high-classical" Irish legendry.



Parody 24: 12.1266-95 (327:1-36). The fashionable international world . . . in the Black
Forest - Parodies newspaper accounts of important social events, in this case a high-
fashion wedding. The parody also owes a debt of allusion to the catalogue of trees in
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, a catalogue that has, in its turn, literary forebears in
Chaucer's Parliament of Fowls (lines 176-82) and in Ovid's Metamorphoses (10:90-105).
In Book 1, canto 1 of The Faerie Queene, Redcrosse (the ideal Christian knight) and Una
(Truth, true faith) are threatened by a storm and take refuge in a forest: "Much can [did]
they prayse the trees so straight and hy, The sayling [for shipbuilding] Pine, the Cedar
proud and tall, I The vine-prop Eine, the Poplar never dry, I The builder Oake, sole king
of forrests all, 1 The Aspine good for staves, the Cypresse funerall. /1 The Laurel, meed
[reward] of mightie Conquerours / And Poets sage, the Firre that weepeth still, / The
Willow worne of forlorn Paramours, / The Eugh [yew] obedient to the benders will, / The
Birch for shaftes, the Sallow for the mill, / The Mirrhe sweete bleeding in the bitter wound,
/ The war-like Beech, the Ash for nothing ill, / The fruit-full Olive, and the Platane [plane
tree] round, I The carver Holme [holly], the Maple seldom inward sound" (stanzas 8 and 9).
At first the forest seems a realm of "delight" to Redcrosse and Una, but it is, as Una
warns, an ambiguous realm that turns out to be the habitation of the Dragon-Error, who
threatens to "strangle" Redcrosse and suffocate him with her vomit, "poyson horrible and
blacke" (of false doctrine), before he overcomes her.



Parody 25: 12.1354-59 (329:23-29). They believe in rod . . living and be paid - Parodies
the Apostles' Creed; see 1.653n.



Parody 26: 12.1438-64 (331:39-332:28). The much-treasured and intricately ... rich in-
crustations of time - Parodies a newspaper feature-story's description of a medieval tap-
estry or an illuminated manuscript.



Parody 27: 12.1493-1501 (333:27-37). Love loves to love . . . God loves everybody -
Sentimental adult child-talk.



Parody 28: 12.1593-1620 (336:21-337:13). Our travellers reached . . . 'Tis a merry rogue
-Parodies the style of late-nineteenth-century versions of medieval romance.



Parody 29: 12.1676-1750 (338:39-340:42) And at the sound of . . . Christum Dominium
Nostrum - This vision of the Island of Saints and Sages parodies "church news" ac-
countsof religious festivals, in this case a procession that begins as the ceremonial
blessing of a house and inflates to the consecration of a church and ultimately of a
cathedral; see 12.1720-21n.



Parody 30: 12.1772-82 (341:28-40). The milk-white dolphin tossed . . . bark clave the
waves - More parody of late-nineteenth-cen-tury romantic versions of medieval legend.



Parody 31: 12.1814-42 (342:37-343:28). A large and appreciative . . . Gone but not for-
gotten - Parodies a newspaper account of the departure of a royal foreign visitor.



Parody 32: 12.1858-96 (344:3-345:6). The catastrophe was terrific . . . and F.R.C.S.I. -
Parodies a newspaper account of a natural disaster.



Parody 33: 12.1910-18 (345:22-32). When, lo, there came . . . shot off a shovel - Paro-
dies biblical prose.