…me. He probably influenced me to be so interested in those things. In 1909 his mistress Laura told him about a man named Michael Botkin who died after staying up all night singing love songs outside her window in a rainy Irish spring day and night he…

…sadly. He caught pneumonia because he didn't know enough to come in out of the rain. Anyway Joyce developed a fascination with Botkin. Botkin plays a major role in Finnegan's wake. He's always haunting Joyce. In a visit to Ireland Joyce Actually went to…

…He caught pneumonia because he didn't know enough to come in out of the rain. Anyway Joyce developed a fascination with Botkin. Botkin plays a major role in Finnegan's wake. He's always haunting Joyce. In a visit to Ireland Joyce Actually went to the…

…a major role in Finnegan's wake. He's always haunting Joyce. In a visit to Ireland Joyce Actually went to the cemetery where Michael Botkin was buried. He felt that he was being cuckolded by a ghost. Joyce had a very metaphysical mind. He felt that…

…Michael Botkin was buried. He felt that he was being cuckolded by a ghost. Joyce had a very metaphysical mind. He felt that Michael Botkin in some sense had loved Laura more than he did because Michael Botkin Wasn't as much of an egotist as Joyce. He…

…ghost. Joyce had a very metaphysical mind. He felt that Michael Botkin in some sense had loved Laura more than he did because Michael Botkin Wasn't as much of an egotist as Joyce. He felt that he was nick the devil and Michael Botkin was nick the…

…than he did because Michael Botkin Wasn't as much of an egotist as Joyce. He felt that he was nick the devil and Michael Botkin was nick the archangel Michael and it became a cosmic struggle with Laura as the prize and Joyce only won because Michael…