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Re: I need your opinions
lol.
I still think that blog has some hilarity potential.
Oh boy. My best friend is Irish and he included Finnegan's Wake as part of his thesis. His degree is in literature. I can't recall what it's called in the UK, but it's the equivalent to our master's.
One day he was reading it aloud to me, and it's not as bad if you're really drunk and listening to it. I would say attempt to get an audio version. It's hysterical to listen to, if the accent is in place and the booze is ample.
""river run, past Eve and Adam?s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."
That is the first line, and the last line of the book completes that line, making it a cyclic tale.
PS I'm not saying you should do this for your blog. It's really almost unreadable. There are dozens of languages used in the text.
I'm really tempted to read this. Too bad J Joyce was virtually ruined for my by my senior AP english class that might as well have been titled "Teaching the next generation to fear the classics".
Seriously though, I wouldn't do it imoan. It's not a full reference... and talk about taking a long chunk of time out of the main goal.
Coming out of lurking to say:
(1) Your whole challenge idea is totally rad - I love those fast-talking Gilmore Girls, and always felt like such a smarty pants when I got one of their literary references.
(2) I took a class on Joyce while studying in Ireland. We sorta, kinda studied Finnegan's Wake, but mostly just studied a few chapters/passages, because - as our professor put it - "no one's got a baldy [clue] what in the hell Joyce was talking about with that one." I loved that professor...
1. THANKS! I'm having a blast with it. It's a project that has really enriched my life (and I love having a REASON to watch Gilmore girls obsessively now ;o))
2. I think my issue is with the sheer length. As most who have followed my blog know, I have NO problem with long books. But long books when half of the words are in gibberish... I have a hard time with that. If we were talking about 100 or 200 pages of "Wakese", I could deal. 672 pages?! Ugh!
Currently Reading: Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes