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ALT Ulysses by James Joyce, open on a page towards the end of the ‘Circe’ episode (the but with the British soldiers). There is a pinky purple messy circle drawn in the middle of the page, over the text.
ALT IS GERTY REEAL OR PROJECTED? IF SHES NOT REAL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF DISABLED WOMEN IN ULYSSES? IF THE ONLY SEEMINGLY DISABLED WOMEN IS SIMPLY A ‘PROJECTED MIRAGE’, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IS SHE MORE OF A MIRAGE THAN THE BLIND MAN, AS HER LAMENESS IS HATDER TO PON DOWN TO SPECIFIC SOURCES (AND THE CLOSEST SOURCES ARE FICTIONAL RATHER THAN MEMOIR)?! OR IS THIS ACTUALLY A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE SOCIETAL, METAPHORICAL DIMENSIONS OF DISABILITY?
ALT A flood damaged, soggy copy of Finnegans Wake!
ALT Title page of Bow Bells magazine. It’s back and white with fancy fonts in capital letters. It reads: A Weekly Magazine of General Literature and Art, for Family Reading. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings.
ALT An image from Bow Bells. It’s a black and white engraving of the head and shoulders of a young woman. She’s surrounded by an ornate border made from flowers, with a heart, Cupid, and doves at the bottom. She’s looking over her should at us and there’s what appears to be a love letter of valentines card in her hand.
ALT Title page of Bow Bells magazine. It’s back and white with fancy fonts in capital letters. It reads: A Weekly Magazine of General Literature and Art, for Family Reading. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings.
ALT An image from Bow Bells. It’s a black and white engraving of the head and shoulders of a young woman. She’s surrounded by an ornate border made from flowers, with a heart, Cupid, and doves at the bottom. She’s looking over her should at us and there’s what appears to be a love letter of valentines card in her hand.