Michael Groden — James Joyce's Ulysses

English 4520F — Fall 2013

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Finnegans Wake - Excerpts to Read for December 2, 2013

introductory notes on Finnegans Wake

from Book I, Chapter 1 - the beginning of the book

        1) "riverrun, past" (page 3, line 1) to "the world to see." (page 6, line 12)

from Book I, Chapter 2 - accusations against the husband/father figure

        2) "A baser meaning" (page 33, line 14) to "fibfib fabrications" (page 36, line 34)

from Book I, Chapter 8 - the wife/mother figure

        3) "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 closing words, and also the ending of the female figure's closing monologue

        4) "But you're changing, acoolsha" (page 626, line 35) to "a long the" (page 628, line 16)