Wednesday, July 8, 2026
7:00 - 9:00 PM

"Cross-cuts among the comets":
The Melville Revival and Finnegans Wake
This paper investigates the nexus between two of the most celebrated novelists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, through the conjunction of the Melville Revival and the composition of Finnegans Wake. We'll look for references, allusions, affinities, and correspondences between four of Melville's novels (Mardi, Moby-Dick, Pierre, and Billy Budd) and the text of Finnegans Wake. We'll also consider some more general parallels between Melville and Joyce. 

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Continuing our reading, starting at 543.10: 
"the more secretely bi built, the more openly palastered."

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