An Exploration of Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is James Joyce’s final novel, a strange, wondrous, and lyrical language experiment that — more than most books — rewards multiple readings and careful analysis. The Wake is arguably less a book to be “read” in the standard way than a text to be explored and in which readers are invited to participate. This blog reports some of my insights that I have discovered on my journeys through the text.
Matthew Leporati is the Stardaft Journalwriter (lead writer) of The Suspended Sentence. He is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City, where he serves as Writing Specialist. In addition to his publications on British Romanticism (including his book on Romantic epics), his article on Finnegans Wake is forthcoming in Joyce Studies Annual.
Lindsay Weinberg is the Assisting Grace (editor) of The Suspended Sentence. Many of the posts on this blog began as emails written for her, and every post has been subjected to her scrupulous editing and quality control. She is a lifelong enthusiast of nonsense words, and is therefore an ideal student of the Wake.
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