Receive unbeatable eBook deals in your favorite fiction or non-fiction genres. Our daily emails are packed with new and bestselling authors you will love!






A Guide through Finnegans Wake
by Edmund Lloyd Epstein
Publisher: University Press of FloridaPages: 334
Paperback
ISBN: 9780813035345




Available to Buy
Overview of A Guide through 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 every Joycean will want to own."--Sebastian Knowles, series editor
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 of the world's foremost Joyce scholars, Epstein has been reading and thinking about Joyce for over fifty years, and his considerable experience and enthusiasm is preserved here for the benefit of anyone with an interest in reading the Wake. This accessible guide approaches the daunting work in a way that provides handrails for beginners while, at the same time, presenting new insights for experienced readers.
Edmund Lloyd Epstein is professor of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center at CUNY.
Synopsis of A Guide through Finnegans Wake
Recognized as one of the world's foremost Joyce scholars, Edmund Lloyd Epstein has been reading and thinking about Joyce for more than fifty years. His considerable experience and enthusiasm are presented here as a useful guide to readers of Finnegans Wake, one that emphasizes the continuity, the long currents, within Joyce's oceanic masterpiece. He offers clues to untangling the interconnections among the elements and sections of the Wake, along with commentary that helps explain the broad range of literary criticism that has been written on the novel.
This accessible guide approaches the daunting work in a way that provides handrails for first-time readers while, at the same time, presenting new insights for anyone approaching the work for the second, third, or twentieth time.
More Books in this Genre
by Sean Sheehan
by Ian Gunn, Clive Hart
by Robert Nicholson
by Peter Mahon
by Umberto Eco, Anna Cancogni (Translator), David Robey
by William York Tindall
Available to Buy
Browse Books by Subject
Fiction Books & LiteratureGraphic Novels
Horror
Mystery & Crime
Poetry
Romance Books
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Thrillers
Westerns
Ages 0-2
Ages 3-5
Ages 6-8
Ages 9-12
Teens
African Americans
Antiques & Collectibles
Art, Architecture & Photography
Bibles & Bible Studies
Biography
Business Books
Christianity
Computer Books & Technology Books
Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Crafts & Hobbies Books
Education & Teaching
Engineering
Entertainment
Foreign Languages
Game Books
Gay & Lesbian
Health Books, Diet & Fitness Books
History
Home & Garden
Humor Books
Judaism & Judaica
Law
Medical Books
New Age & Spirituality
Nonfiction
Parenting & Family
Pets
Philosophy
Political Books & Current Events Books
Psychology & Psychotherapy
Reference
Religion Books
Science & Nature
Self Improvement
Sex & Relationships
Social Sciences
Sports & Adventure
Study Guides & Test Prep
Travel
True Crime
Weddings
Women's Studies
Follow Us