Michael Groden — James Joyce's Ulysses

English 4520F — Fall 2011

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Finnegans Wake - Excerpts to Read for December 5, 2011

introductory notes on Finnegans Wake

from Book I, Chapter 1 ("Finnegan's Fall: The Wake") - the opening, introductory chapter
        1) "riverrun, past" (page 3, line 1) to "the world to see." (page 6, line 12)

from Book I, Chapter 5 ("The Manifesto of ALP") - an analysis of a buried letter
        2) "Now, kapnimancy" (p. 117, line 37) to "this will never do" (p. 119, line 9)

from Book I, Chapter 7 ("Shem the Penman") - a final Portrait of the Artist, including puns on the names of Joyce's stories and books
        3) "Shem is as short" (page 169, line 1) to "the rocks, — Sham." (page 170, line 24)
        4) "What, para Saom Plaom" (page 179, line 9) to "think over it." (page 180, line 33)

from Book I, Chapter 8 ("Anna Livia Plurabelle") - the wife/mother figure
        5) "Well, you know" (page 213, line 11) to "waters of. Night!" (page 216, line 5) [Joyce recorded this passage]

from Book IV ("Ricorso") - the book's conclusion, and also the ending of the female figure's closing monologue
        6) "But you're changing, acoolsha" (page 626, line 35) to "a long the" (page 628, line 16)