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Guide to Finnegans Wake
E.L. Epstein
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Description for Guide to Finnegans Wake
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Written in a complex, pun-based idiogloss and boasting a dreamlike narrative that defies conventions of plot and continuity, James Joyce's Finnegans Wake has been challenging readers since its first publication in 1939. The novel is so famously difficult that it is widely agreed that only the brave or foolhardy attempt to unravel this well-known but relatively little-read classic. Most tackle the text in reading groups, which provide mutual assistance (and moral support) in understanding Joyce's modern masterpiece.
Now, with the publication of Edmund Epstein's A Guide through Finnegans Wake, no one has to go it alone. Recognized as one ... Read more
Written in a complex, pun-based idiogloss and boasting a dreamlike narrative that defies conventions of plot and continuity, James Joyce's Finnegans Wake has been challenging readers since its first publication in 1939. The novel is so famously difficult that it is widely agreed that only the brave or foolhardy attempt to unravel this well-known but relatively little-read classic. Most tackle the text in reading groups, which provide mutual assistance (and moral support) in understanding Joyce's modern masterpiece.
Now, with the publication of Edmund Epstein's A Guide through Finnegans Wake, no one has to go it alone. Recognized as one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813035345
SKU
V9780813035345
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About E.L. Epstein
Edmund Lloyd Epstein is professor of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center at CUNY.
Reviews for Guide to Finnegans Wake
An insightful, fresh, and lucid approach to a difficult work." —A. Nicolas Fargnoli, author of Critical Companion to James Joyce "Epstein is one of the foremost Joyce scholars, in fact, a pioneer. His guide is comprehensive and obviously the result of a lifetime of interaction with Joyce's book." —Fritz Senn, director, Zürich James Joyce Foundation "A book that ... Read more