This post looks at the Enlightened Nonsense of Finnegans Wake, in sharp contrast to boring and childish citations and recitations of discourse.
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“Either Way, I Thank You: I Love Bleen!”
This post looks briefly at the word “gruebleen” in the Prankquean episode, illustrating how Finnegans Wake can contain meanings specific to individuals as well as more generally to wider audiences.
Continue readingIn the Sunnyroom
As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to look closely at part of a sentence in The Ondt and the Gracehoper. Years ago, I felt compelled to make notes on this sentence — which describes the Ondt “swarming of himself in his sunnyroom” — when I was living in a house with a sunroom.
Continue reading“What tyronte power!”: Nightmare Alley and Finnegans Wake
In an effort to make this blog as popular as possible, I will be discussing here an obscure 1947 film noir and making tenuous connections between it and James Joyce’s little-read and little-understood mysterious final novel.
It’s sure to bring readers in droves!
In all seriousness, I recently viewed Nightmare Alley (1947), and since my brain is obsessed with the structure of Finnegans Wake, I ended up viewing it as a fall, rise, fall story whose themes are addressed by Joyce’s novel. I thought it would be interesting to write about here.
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The Suspended Sentence 