A Reader's Guide To Finnegans Wake
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning on pages. Markings: Ex-library stamp visible (number 17618). Binding: Intact hardcover.
A landmark work of literary criticism, A Reader's Guide to Finnegans Wake by William York Tindall presents a systematic, chapter-by-chapter companion to James Joyce's notoriously complex final novel. Tindall unpacks the dense linguistic wordplay, multilayered allusions, and cyclical dream-narrative structure that make Finnegans Wake one of the most challenging texts in the Western canon. Writing with clarity and wit, Tindall argues that the novel is not impenetrable but rewards patient, guided reading — and this volume serves as the essential map for that journey. Aimed at both students and serious readers of modernist literature, the guide details the symbolic patterns, recurring characters, and mythological frameworks that give Joyce's masterwork its extraordinary depth and coherence.
Author: William York Tindall
Format: Hardback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning on pages. Markings: Ex-library stamp visible (number 17618). Binding: Intact hardcover.
A landmark work of literary criticism, A Reader's Guide to Finnegans Wake by William York Tindall presents a systematic, chapter-by-chapter companion to James Joyce's notoriously complex final novel. Tindall unpacks the dense linguistic wordplay, multilayered allusions, and cyclical dream-narrative structure that make Finnegans Wake one of the most challenging texts in the Western canon. Writing with clarity and wit, Tindall argues that the novel is not impenetrable but rewards patient, guided reading — and this volume serves as the essential map for that journey. Aimed at both students and serious readers of modernist literature, the guide details the symbolic patterns, recurring characters, and mythological frameworks that give Joyce's masterwork its extraordinary depth and coherence.