tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138044192024-03-26T02:17:01.982-07:00Finnegans Wake - Chapter OneAnalysis and Discussion - Book One Chapter One of Finnegans Wake.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666506166530884363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804419.post-1119600387476603822005-06-23T23:58:00.000-07:002005-06-24T01:06:27.493-07:00My Take on the Rest of Chapter OneI want to start some place unusual for this - the beginning of the book. If we look on page xxxi we note that the table of contents breaks down the contents of each chapter for us. In a normal text we would think "big deal" and get to the details, but here I think this helps. Note, it's not all bizarro wakean, it's written in english, albeit a tad sparse on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804419.post-1119239938172598532005-06-19T20:13:00.000-07:002005-06-19T20:58:58.180-07:00Here is something I am gonna throw out, my notes on the first few pages of Chapter 1 as I go along. Please comment on this as well as post your own thread. I was thinking we could do chapter at a time but that is too much maybe? So just update this as you go along with things you notice. You don't have to do every page or anything but you can if you want and it would be appreciated.Anyway, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804419.post-1119236802326545262005-06-19T20:06:00.000-07:002005-06-19T20:06:42.326-07:00Welcome to the Wake, everyone. The next few weeks are going to be fun!Off the bat, let me tell you what my professor told the class about this book. Your head will explode at some point. Just work through it.You have all probably read the introduction to the text by this point and have probably paged through it a bit so I suspect you have some idea what you are in for. I will spare you the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0