This post looks at the recurrence of telescopes in Finnegans Wake.
Continue readingWonder, Lightning and Thunder: Telescopes in Finnegans Wake
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On the Limits of Storytelling
Every telling has a taling, and that’s the he and the she of it
Finnegans Wake, I.8
In many ways, Finnegans Wake is a book about storytelling. It’s a collection of stories. In some places, full stories are told from beginning to end; in other places, they abruptly start and stop, get interrupted, meld into other tales, or get lost in confusion (like the history of HCE in I.2-4).
Continue readingThe Mookse and the Gripes, Part 3
This post follows up on Part 1 and Part 2 by reflecting on references to the fable in other parts of Finnegans Wake.
Continue readingMental Math
The math problem comes in Finnegans Wake II.2 occurs right after Shem/Dolph shows his brother how to draw the two interlocking circles that I discussed in my last post. This post explores the math problem itself.
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The Suspended Sentence 