What’s the best news this morning?
Somebody in Joyce says that, I’ll find out who.
Think of James Joyce, dictating
Finnegan’s Wake to Samuel Becket.
“Come in,” said Joyce to whomever was
at the door, and Becket wrote it down.
Somebody in Joyce says that, I’ll find out who.
Think of James Joyce, dictating
Finnegan’s Wake to Samuel Becket.
“Come in,” said Joyce to whomever was
at the door, and Becket wrote it down.
Joyce ended up liking “Come in,” so they kept it.
What a chuckle sandwich it must have been for them,
day after day! But now the only way to read Finnegan’s Wake
is to have it on your computer and do searches on it.
Even better: a Finnegan’s Wake concordance!
Of course, there are several on the internet.
What a chuckle sandwich it must have been for them,
day after day! But now the only way to read Finnegan’s Wake
is to have it on your computer and do searches on it.
Even better: a Finnegan’s Wake concordance!
Of course, there are several on the internet.
I want to look up “Milton,” because he dictated
his works too. Bingo! I get—
Finnegan’s Wake lines: 1 Elucidations found: 2;
096.19 four of them, in Milton’s Park
under lovely Father Whisperer;
the elucidations being—
his works too. Bingo! I get—
Finnegan’s Wake lines: 1 Elucidations found: 2;
096.19 four of them, in Milton’s Park
under lovely Father Whisperer;
the elucidations being—
-096.10+ ing jackass.
Harick! Harick! The rose is white in the darick!;
-096.02+ And Sunfella’s nose
has got rhinocertitis from haunting the roes.
And now I’m on a dead-end page
titled Fweets of Fin (milton) with FW text.
Harick! Harick! The rose is white in the darick!;
-096.02+ And Sunfella’s nose
has got rhinocertitis from haunting the roes.
And now I’m on a dead-end page
titled Fweets of Fin (milton) with FW text.
I can click [Search Engine]
to go to the Search Engine Room.
Then I can search on the string, “milton”—
Finnegan’s Wake lines found: 42, including—
Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching
for the fruit, she pluck’d, she eat.
Coded 052.25, and when I click, I get—to go to the Search Engine Room.
Then I can search on the string, “milton”—
Finnegan’s Wake lines found: 42, including—
Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching
for the fruit, she pluck’d, she eat.
(shooting at empty stout bottles
Annie Oakley: American sharpshooter Nice!!!
So, without my typography, would you know whether “Nice!!!”
is part of Finnegan’s Wake, or just my interjection?
No you wouldn’t.
