/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6954028]

Does the book deliver on the promise of its title to somehow transform the song into something momentous? Does Joyce manage to turn Finnegan's Wake into Finnegans Wake? To turn a story of whiskey and riot and death and resurrection into a story worth a whole book and a ton of study? And how Irish is it, anyway?

(one rendition of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CHq9mXkJ8 )

I ask because I'm fascinated by the book but afraid to try reading it. The title's damn clever but I don't know whether I'd ever want to read the whole fucking thing. Do I have to read all of it before I get anything, or is it possible to go through it paragraph by paragraph? Is he just telling a story in a roundabout way or does the average little obscurity reveal something neat when you research it? I just can't imagine one man having that much to say

[Anonymous No.6954052]

>>6954028
its a fucking typo you dumbass

[Anonymous No.6954068]

check out this site

http://www.finwake.com/1024chapter1/1024finn1.htm

Its much more than just an allusion to the song. I think most of the song part happens on the first page.

[Anonymous No.6954236]

>>6954068
these annotations are rapgenius tier

"bay - a body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea + Dublin Bay"

no shit

[Anonymous No.6954237]

>>6954028
>Does Joyce manage to turn Finnegan's Wake into Finnegans Wake?
I kekked.