Bodine origins

[Mike Jing]

I have no answer to your question, but instead a question of my own.  On
the subject of Bodine, in GR, "Seaman" refers to his military rank, right?

Sorry for butting in.  Just thought it kinda fits here.


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> wrote:

> dear colleagues,
>
> could anyone point me in the right direction, please? has anyone written
> on the origins of Pig Bodine's name extensively?
>
> while working on GR russian translation, we looked at several versions and
> theories, including the ones cited in Patrick Hurley's Pynchon Character
> Names dictionary, and Charles Hollander's advise was certainly instrumental
> to us in the work, too, but recently i've found an interesting parallel
> with Joyce's Ulysses, and i haven't been able to locate if it'd been
> covered by anyone before (or, maybe, i'm "inventing the bicycle" here)
>
> to wit: in episode 16 of Ulysses (Eumaeus) , when Bloom and Stephen spend
> some time in cabmen's shelter, they strike a conversation with one of the
> characters there, a redbearded sailor named D.B. Murphy of Carrigaloe, who
> seems to be fond of telling tall tales and seafaring yarns. at some point
> (line 489), he produces a postcard from his pocket, to prove the point of
> him witnessing Peruvian man-eating habits, which of course doesn't prove
> anything, but is addressed to: "Senor A Boudin... etc." who is, apparently
> not him at all. now, we even of limited French, know that boudin is blood
> sausage (and Don Gifford in his Ulysses Annotated glosses it as such). all
> this (and a weird postal connection of course) made me think if that D.B.
> Murphy (meaning "sea-fighter", according to Gifford) may be a literary
> ancestor of the entire TRP's Bodine clan.
>
> what do you think? will appreciate your suggestions
> Mx
>
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