No Cover Image

Journal article 864 views 232 downloads

“Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis

Nicholas Taylor-Collins Orcid Logo

Irish Studies Review, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 241 - 258

Swansea University Author: Nicholas Taylor-Collins Orcid Logo

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09670882.2017.1299606

Abstract

Although memory is not explicitly named in “Hades”, it nonetheless features centrally. Intertextuality is an example of memory, and in “Hades” Shakespeare’s Hamlet is remembered – specifically the Ghost’s relation to Hamlet, whom he bids to “Remember” and “revenge”. Derrida calls this relation “haun...

Full description

Published in: Irish Studies Review
ISSN: 0967-0882 1469-9303
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35838
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
first_indexed 2017-09-29T19:01:36Z
last_indexed 2020-06-19T18:49:18Z
id cronfa35838
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2020-06-19T15:30:12.2679166</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>35838</id><entry>2017-09-29</entry><title>&#x201C;Remember me&#x201D;: Hamlet, memory and Bloom&#x2019;s poiesis</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>f29eb447b011401e41c6bfa9f544cf89</sid><ORCID>0000-0002-8031-6640</ORCID><firstname>Nicholas</firstname><surname>Taylor-Collins</surname><name>Nicholas Taylor-Collins</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2017-09-29</date><abstract>Although memory is not explicitly named in &#x201C;Hades&#x201D;, it nonetheless features centrally. Intertextuality is an example of memory, and in &#x201C;Hades&#x201D; Shakespeare&#x2019;s Hamlet is remembered &#x2013; specifically the Ghost&#x2019;s relation to Hamlet, whom he bids to &#x201C;Remember&#x201D; and &#x201C;revenge&#x201D;. Derrida calls this relation &#x201C;hauntological&#x201D;: it is characterised by an uncertain gaze, the father telling his son what to do, and the son mourning for his father. In Bloom&#x2019;s mourning for his father, Virag, hauntology might be expected. However, it is Bloom&#x2019;s late son, Rudy, who hauntologises Bloom, thereby revitalising the latter; this adjusts Shakespeare&#x2019;s original hauntology. While considering repeatable ways of maintaining this hauntology, Bloom jocularly reverts to new technology: the phonograph and photograph. His plan reveals his relish for liminality and poiesis: being and non-being at the same time. Bloom is thus remembered into the future, all the while "Ulysses" is haunted by "Hamlet".</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Irish Studies Review</journal><volume>25</volume><journalNumber>2</journalNumber><paginationStart>241</paginationStart><paginationEnd>258</paginationEnd><publisher/><issnPrint>0967-0882</issnPrint><issnElectronic>1469-9303</issnElectronic><keywords>William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Hamlet, Ulysses, Hades, memory, hauntology, ghosts</keywords><publishedDay>0</publishedDay><publishedMonth>0</publishedMonth><publishedYear>0</publishedYear><publishedDate>0001-01-01</publishedDate><doi>10.1080/09670882.2017.1299606</doi><url/><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm/><lastEdited>2020-06-19T15:30:12.2679166</lastEdited><Created>2017-09-29T12:47:17.3781583</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Nicholas</firstname><surname>Taylor-Collins</surname><orcid>0000-0002-8031-6640</orcid><order>1</order></author></authors><documents><document><filename>0035838-04102018152005.pdf</filename><originalFilename>RemembermerevisedFINAL(plaintext).pdf</originalFilename><uploaded>2018-10-04T15:20:05.1270000</uploaded><type>Output</type><contentLength>327231</contentLength><contentType>application/pdf</contentType><version>Accepted Manuscript</version><cronfaStatus>true</cronfaStatus><embargoDate>2019-09-17T00:00:00.0000000</embargoDate><copyrightCorrect>true</copyrightCorrect><language>eng</language></document></documents><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2020-06-19T15:30:12.2679166 v2 35838 2017-09-29 “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis f29eb447b011401e41c6bfa9f544cf89 0000-0002-8031-6640 Nicholas Taylor-Collins Nicholas Taylor-Collins true false 2017-09-29 Although memory is not explicitly named in “Hades”, it nonetheless features centrally. Intertextuality is an example of memory, and in “Hades” Shakespeare’s Hamlet is remembered – specifically the Ghost’s relation to Hamlet, whom he bids to “Remember” and “revenge”. Derrida calls this relation “hauntological”: it is characterised by an uncertain gaze, the father telling his son what to do, and the son mourning for his father. In Bloom’s mourning for his father, Virag, hauntology might be expected. However, it is Bloom’s late son, Rudy, who hauntologises Bloom, thereby revitalising the latter; this adjusts Shakespeare’s original hauntology. While considering repeatable ways of maintaining this hauntology, Bloom jocularly reverts to new technology: the phonograph and photograph. His plan reveals his relish for liminality and poiesis: being and non-being at the same time. Bloom is thus remembered into the future, all the while "Ulysses" is haunted by "Hamlet". Journal Article Irish Studies Review 25 2 241 258 0967-0882 1469-9303 William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Hamlet, Ulysses, Hades, memory, hauntology, ghosts 0 0 0 0001-01-01 10.1080/09670882.2017.1299606 COLLEGE NANME COLLEGE CODE Swansea University 2020-06-19T15:30:12.2679166 2017-09-29T12:47:17.3781583 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics Nicholas Taylor-Collins 0000-0002-8031-6640 1 0035838-04102018152005.pdf RemembermerevisedFINAL(plaintext).pdf 2018-10-04T15:20:05.1270000 Output 327231 application/pdf Accepted Manuscript true 2019-09-17T00:00:00.0000000 true eng
title “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
spellingShingle “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
Nicholas Taylor-Collins
title_short “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
title_full “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
title_fullStr “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
title_full_unstemmed “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
title_sort “Remember me”: Hamlet, memory and Bloom’s poiesis
author_id_str_mv f29eb447b011401e41c6bfa9f544cf89
author_id_fullname_str_mv f29eb447b011401e41c6bfa9f544cf89_***_Nicholas Taylor-Collins
author Nicholas Taylor-Collins
author2 Nicholas Taylor-Collins
format Journal article
container_title Irish Studies Review
container_volume 25
container_issue 2
container_start_page 241
institution Swansea University
issn 0967-0882
1469-9303
doi_str_mv 10.1080/09670882.2017.1299606
college_str Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
department_str School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics
document_store_str 1
active_str 0
description Although memory is not explicitly named in “Hades”, it nonetheless features centrally. Intertextuality is an example of memory, and in “Hades” Shakespeare’s Hamlet is remembered – specifically the Ghost’s relation to Hamlet, whom he bids to “Remember” and “revenge”. Derrida calls this relation “hauntological”: it is characterised by an uncertain gaze, the father telling his son what to do, and the son mourning for his father. In Bloom’s mourning for his father, Virag, hauntology might be expected. However, it is Bloom’s late son, Rudy, who hauntologises Bloom, thereby revitalising the latter; this adjusts Shakespeare’s original hauntology. While considering repeatable ways of maintaining this hauntology, Bloom jocularly reverts to new technology: the phonograph and photograph. His plan reveals his relish for liminality and poiesis: being and non-being at the same time. Bloom is thus remembered into the future, all the while "Ulysses" is haunted by "Hamlet".
published_date 0001-01-01T03:44:44Z
_version_ 1763752107013308416
score 11.036378

Similar Items