He expands his examination of possible textual corruption and adds hundreds of new glosses to help scholars, students, and general readers untangle the dense thicket of allusions that crowds every sentence of Joyce's nearly inscrutable masterpiece.
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He expands his examination of possible textual corruption and adds hundreds of new glosses to help scholars, students, and general readers untangle the dense thicket of allusions that crowds every sentence of Joyce's nearly inscrutable masterpiece.
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Baltimore. 1980. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0801823234. 628 pages. paperback. keywords: Literary Criticism James Joyce FINNEGANS WAKE Reference. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The biggest stumbling block facing any prospective reader of FINNEGANS WAKE is the book itself, with its thousands of words of Joyce's invention, derived from nearly every foreign language imaginable and from a host of other sources. Roland McHugh's Annotations is the first attempt to synthesize relevant material from all the disciplines the Wake covers into a one-volume guidebook that can be read side by side with the Wake itself. McHugh's ANNOTATIONS brings together foreign words, English overtones, place names, personal names, phrases parodied, song titles and quotations, literary sources, historical events, and more. A great deal of the information consists of hitherto unpublished glosses, based on McHugh's own studies of Joyce's private notebooks and manuscripts. Most notable of all is the arrangement of ANNOTATIONS: every page corresponds, line by line, and word-placement by word-placement, with a page of FINNEGANS WAKE. The reader can place the two books side by side, thereby eliminating the need to consult alphabetical lists, indexes, or other devices in other handbooks. Until now, anyone determined to make sense of FINNEGANS WAKE needed a half-dozen or so specialized vocabulary studies of the book close at hand for constant reference. McHugh's ANNOTATIONS offers a simpler solution for readers floundering in the wake of Joyce's wit. inventory #40928.