Joyce's Book of the Dark: Finnegans Wake (Volume 1) (Mark H Ingraham Prize)

“Joyce’s Book of the Dark gives us such a blend of exciting intelligence and impressive erudition that it will surely become established as one of the most fascinating and readable Finnegans Wake studies now available.”—Margot Norris, James Joyce Literary Supplement Contents Maps and Figures Abbreviations Etymologies Acknowledgments An Introduction: On Obscurity Chapter 1 - "Reading the Evening World" Chapter 2 - Nothing in Particular: On English Obliterature Chapter 3 - "Finnegan" Chapter 4 - Inside the Coffin: Finnegans Wake and the Egyptian Book of the Dead Chapter 5 - The Identity of the Dreamer Chapter 6 - Nocturnal Geography: How to Take "Polar Bearings" Chapter 7 - Vico's "Night of Darkness": The New Science and Finnegans Wake Chapter 8 - "Meoptics" Chapter 9 - Earwickerwork Chapter 10 - "Litters": On Reading Finnegans Wake Chapter 11 - "The Nursing Mirror" Chapter 12 - "Anna Livia Plurabelle": A Riverbabble Primer Notes Index Finnegan's Wake" is perhaps the most difficult and wilfully obscure piece in all of modern literature, a book written in polyglottal puns that continues to baffle not only lay readers but, in large part, Joyceans as well. Here in 12 chapters, John Bishop aims to unravel Joyce's obscurities and aims to reveal the "Wake" more clearly than anyone has done before. The author examines "Finnegans Wake" and attempts to unravel what he feels are Joyce's wilful obscurities. This book aims to demonstrate how Joyce's creative imagination solved the problems involved in writing a representation of the night.