Michael Groden — James Joyce's Ulysses

English 454F — Fall 2007

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Finnegans Wake - Excerpts to Read for December 3, 2007

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 7 ("Shem the Penman") - a final Portrait of the Artist; look for puns on the names of Joyce's stories and books
        2) "Shem is as short" (page 169, line 1) to "the rocks, — Sham." (page 170, line 24)
        3) "What, para Saom Plaom" (page 179, line 9) to "think over it." (page 180, line 33)
        4) "Then, pious Eneas" (page 185, line 27) to "Nip up and nab it!" (page 187, line 14)

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 last two pages 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)