Wednesday, 8 August 2012

An attempt to read "The Wake"

I am not a student of the English language and I do not study literature.

I do enjoy reading and in high school I have been deeply touched by ‘Ulysses’.

At last I have decided to read ‘Finnegans Wake’. After reading the first 6 pages I decided to stop reading and find a way to make the text more accessible for a non native English speaker. This blog will primarily collect all the information I find to help me read ‘Finnegans Wake’ by James Joyce. Other Joyce related information will also be collected, especially ‘Ulysses’ as I will be re-reading it together with my best friend.

The edition I have decided to use for ‘Finnegans Wake’ will be:

  • Joyce, James (2012). Rose, Danis & O'Hanlon, John. eds. ‘The Restored Finnegans Wake’. Penguin Classics (London). ISBN 978-0-14-119229-1.
  • Glosses of Finnegans Wake


Article(s) to help me as a guide:
  • Knowles, S.D.G. (2009). ‘Finnegans Wake for Dummies’. James Joyce Quarterly 46(1), pp. 97–111. doi:10.1353/jjq.0.0117.

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