vina dIC more cryptic
cpisodtl
for .
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
The .
one of bool< I is one of reservation over the aCC\lI"tty nf iu contents.
The narrators.
", IIsuaUy historian.
engrossed by .
narrowing Ip<:.
:ulation (IVCr 'he irretrievable 1'''' event, they study.
TowardS the dOli/: of the book their ocholarly tone fades: I,g is spoken by two washerwomen, but it.
subject i.
.
.
ill an unccn:ain antediluvian un,ure.
Book II i. k. . palpably ,. ,. ",,,. dand its <:011ce. "" He more sophist;C\lted and pSychologico. l thIn thost of booI< l. It edlibit$ greal solidity and self-sufficiency, and the languagt is part;rolarly complex. It is Ihe most difficult book and ccsa upon the lubstrate of boob I and II I, entangling their fabrics.
Book III has an inIerrogative quality. Direct speech, denoted by a dash proceding the panlgraph, i, more abundant here ,han el? . ;whtte. In accordll. noe with the Viconw. schnne i, ;' modnn. The sterility and flamboyant pUrpOselessness of the age ofluxury infect and dilute the styli,tic impact. In the last chapler of book III one observes rtftter>Ce to the fum", and to {he destinies of me characters: this outward-looking tr=d. is maintained in the ihart 1>00): IV. Thta<:: chapter1 contain al$O a particular . wan:~' of even,. going on offstagt, connected with the am. . . . 1of dawn . "d {he wakin$ process which terminat. . the sleep of FW. There is
? an awed tone, the lou of the sccur~ i~ments of th~ sl<:g)Cc; and finally I ~hiJdlik( nature it pc=iv~d a Uing (lut to somethins wholly ""'terior.
We an r<<OCn;u a bf. llrICe betWttR the inward-I. . . . ing book IIandtheoutwan:l-iookin&bookIV,andI furtherbal. >n""ofbook I against book III. So far the best analyais of the laner . ;tuaOOn
appea. . . ;n the eadier panl of Oi,? . Han', SI=tur. aNd MOIi! iN'Fi~nqa"' Wakt'. Mr H~rtconstructllCveral schemas af. er . he precedent of those rna<k by Joy"" for UIyJu? . He su~uen. ly ,"""",,
Around. "". nnl ttction, BooIt 11, Joy<< build. twO oppoIinJ; cycles ool\l'"I;n l of BooIt. I and III. In thcae IW<l Book, lhere i. enlbli. hed a pattern (If corretpondmces (If the m. oior eventl of each, lhoo. c in Book II I (lCcurrins in revel"SC order and h. avinS invttIC characu:ritUa. ~ Kool< I bqins. -ith. raw. otwiollsbirth (28-<;1)and tndJ wilh I. ymbolie death (2 I5-'6), Book III bqina with dealh (403)and end. with. birth (590); 'road. ' and Ihe meeting with Ihe King (l. 2) . eappear in 111. 4, Ihe lrill 01 1. 3-4 in 111. 3, the LeIte. of 1. 5 in 111. 1, and Ihe fabl. . . 01 1. 6 earli. . ,. in 111. 1. In hi. a>n"espondtncc Joyce impl~dy rdhred
to this p*ncn'l. '
Further p*rallel1 miahl N e. . ;ly oonjo,ned, for example Shern'a biography (1. 7) balancins Sh. aun'. (111. 1) or the mention at the befPnnini of III. I (404. 01-3) of the laundry depooiled by the WIIsherwocrw:n al the end of 1. 8 (213. 1 1--9). 1 believe that ! he lfC'I' cs, p. iol"iry for the bc-Ji1\lWl" is. o lequire . . . . ,. "h familWiry with FW 10 see the . impk ~uilibrium of IW<I . ymmctricallutf_ acmes lupponing a keyslort<: of IP"el. ler ccmplexiry.
Comp",henlion ofthe I",at balance of part. may be facilita. . :d by acqu. ointance with th~ hiStory of 10'117'1 rompooilion. n. c fint large:section10b(draftedwasbook I(oonill;ol! 1. 1and1. 6):this prn<:f' U o . . : - u p i e d t h e b n e r p a r t o f I ! >> 3 I n d t h e e a r l i e r p a n o f t 9 2 4 - J<>y<:c then composed the four chaPI"" of book 111, ,etumin, periodiCillly to clabo. . . . le book I. I. . and 1. 6 wen:: besun in '926- 7, and by th~ end of the '9205 Joyce: ilf,d publi. hed v. . sions of all the book [ and book III ch. aP'eI"I in . he magnine . . . . . . . . . """. AI ,hilt point 1Il he2lth . 00 family probl""" provoted a sca. . . " of de$pai. in which the work tap-kd. In the. . . . ly 19}OS Joyce began calVing the four book II W ille. . . wilh IJOnizing . Iowne". He had becr>rne v~ry . . . ""ive and we accordinsly po. . . . . . I~$S inf",. ". . . . tion
'SMFW. 66-1.
? 1bt Buffalo Notebookt 7 concm\iag the ~ i$ or mls "(lion. In 1~3;r-& Joy""' revised
bi. entire tUt and abo a$$tRIblw book IV. FW W2I ptlblls~ in '~3~.
I t h i U d ( V O l t tho< f i n t 1 I 1 1 u m a PIC r I o f m e p r e s e n t w o r k . l m o I t tntirely to book, I and 1(1, l. .
vina dIC more cryptic cpisodtl for . ubKquent aamin. nion. I . . . . . . 11 illust",'" my "'rIUIl<nf2l)' by meano of ""ruin exle"",' med". nilmS, Joy",,', FW rI<Itebookl, which are rI<IW preserved al the Univen itY of Buffalo. 'Iboy (on- . . j. me the debris of composilion.
The Buffalo NOleboob
I. is fNltn tina: . o knowortho<exif\tncc oithe Buffalo Notebooh b. . . to ruMin isnorant ohhcir content. Tbo. tt arc . iJIty-. i. nole- boob,mol' of"'anf'O". . . . . Uigaround IWObundred paa. . . . Thty have been analOl"w by Pet. . . SpieLbe1; but linle hat aw n<<l in print in thoe way of n-amcription. ' Aport from the difficuhy of in. ttpretinl Joy(e'. sen. wl the IIfea. bulk of material invo! v<<l ntH" o;ompLeto publication an unlikely ""onl in this decade.
The iiala in Joy",,'s manuocrip? ? be"an a. simple abbr""illions for me mmes ofcho. raaen. Certain inhabitanlS of FW hive be<:n rcoognlud for. long time: Frink Budgen' explaiIU thaI FW only
cor. . . . "IJ.
Plurabel~, "'ei, twO IIOrIS Sbem Ind Shlun, their daughltr luy, four old men and lWeI"" jurors. In d. . manuscripts thc:sc chane- ",". . . . . ,the. ;pm,. . . . I:. ,A, -\1IIand0 respectively.
The finl f"ameno of FW to be dnf. cd includw the 'Tristan and hoklc' a<<lion, finally u. . ed in 11. 4, and the fin. pan of 1. 1, dc:olit\. with F. . rwick. . . Notebook VI. B. l , which is very early and
prohlobly contempononeous with this wem. , mention. these ]X. - lOll,. Joy"" often abbttviates . hei. names, Tristan to 'Tri' t' or 'T', holde to 'Is' or' r, Earwiclter to ? HeR'. VI. B. I I, which seem, . ligluly I. . . . , contains such e,,,,,ift . . :
HCE bean hi. b illa<! 'Ulli you'<< awf1. ll (Ito T)
~ mirror ofmirror
'500 1'<<. . So. 'p 'a. J-l<! 1<o', _n,. ,. . . . 1LnI"", '" lAo u_"",.
B",. :A c. . r"",,-(Uni. . . . ,. ofB_ . '/6'),91-,. ,;",. . . . . E. C<". . . . " )_ J_',StriIo6I. dt_ ( E _ Nood,. "'. . . . Uni. . . . . . ,. I'r. . . . \16') (non. :riptioco of _ _ VI,A); _ Mdl. . . . . 'CIt,. ,. . ,. . ,. ,. of "" -. . .
f~ people: H . C. Earwic:ker lind lUI wife Anno Uvio
VI. B. ' 1. )0 : VI. B. lt. ,}' : VI. D. ll. lo~:
__
'J-. ). ,,". ,. . jliN M. . . . <<? u~ . . . . . i. ,. PTe. '960~ d'o. XIV.
', AWN IX. ?
Book II i. k. . palpably ,. ,. ",,,. dand its <:011ce. "" He more sophist;C\lted and pSychologico. l thIn thost of booI< l. It edlibit$ greal solidity and self-sufficiency, and the languagt is part;rolarly complex. It is Ihe most difficult book and ccsa upon the lubstrate of boob I and II I, entangling their fabrics.
Book III has an inIerrogative quality. Direct speech, denoted by a dash proceding the panlgraph, i, more abundant here ,han el? . ;whtte. In accordll. noe with the Viconw. schnne i, ;' modnn. The sterility and flamboyant pUrpOselessness of the age ofluxury infect and dilute the styli,tic impact. In the last chapler of book III one observes rtftter>Ce to the fum", and to {he destinies of me characters: this outward-looking tr=d. is maintained in the ihart 1>00): IV. Thta<:: chapter1 contain al$O a particular . wan:~' of even,. going on offstagt, connected with the am. . . . 1of dawn . "d {he wakin$ process which terminat. . the sleep of FW. There is
? an awed tone, the lou of the sccur~ i~ments of th~ sl<:g)Cc; and finally I ~hiJdlik( nature it pc=iv~d a Uing (lut to somethins wholly ""'terior.
We an r<<OCn;u a bf. llrICe betWttR the inward-I. . . . ing book IIandtheoutwan:l-iookin&bookIV,andI furtherbal. >n""ofbook I against book III. So far the best analyais of the laner . ;tuaOOn
appea. . . ;n the eadier panl of Oi,? . Han', SI=tur. aNd MOIi! iN'Fi~nqa"' Wakt'. Mr H~rtconstructllCveral schemas af. er . he precedent of those rna<k by Joy"" for UIyJu? . He su~uen. ly ,"""",,
Around. "". nnl ttction, BooIt 11, Joy<< build. twO oppoIinJ; cycles ool\l'"I;n l of BooIt. I and III. In thcae IW<l Book, lhere i. enlbli. hed a pattern (If corretpondmces (If the m. oior eventl of each, lhoo. c in Book II I (lCcurrins in revel"SC order and h. avinS invttIC characu:ritUa. ~ Kool< I bqins. -ith. raw. otwiollsbirth (28-<;1)and tndJ wilh I. ymbolie death (2 I5-'6), Book III bqina with dealh (403)and end. with. birth (590); 'road. ' and Ihe meeting with Ihe King (l. 2) . eappear in 111. 4, Ihe lrill 01 1. 3-4 in 111. 3, the LeIte. of 1. 5 in 111. 1, and Ihe fabl. . . 01 1. 6 earli. . ,. in 111. 1. In hi. a>n"espondtncc Joyce impl~dy rdhred
to this p*ncn'l. '
Further p*rallel1 miahl N e. . ;ly oonjo,ned, for example Shern'a biography (1. 7) balancins Sh. aun'. (111. 1) or the mention at the befPnnini of III. I (404. 01-3) of the laundry depooiled by the WIIsherwocrw:n al the end of 1. 8 (213. 1 1--9). 1 believe that ! he lfC'I' cs, p. iol"iry for the bc-Ji1\lWl" is. o lequire . . . . ,. "h familWiry with FW 10 see the . impk ~uilibrium of IW<I . ymmctricallutf_ acmes lupponing a keyslort<: of IP"el. ler ccmplexiry.
Comp",henlion ofthe I",at balance of part. may be facilita. . :d by acqu. ointance with th~ hiStory of 10'117'1 rompooilion. n. c fint large:section10b(draftedwasbook I(oonill;ol! 1. 1and1. 6):this prn<:f' U o . . : - u p i e d t h e b n e r p a r t o f I ! >> 3 I n d t h e e a r l i e r p a n o f t 9 2 4 - J<>y<:c then composed the four chaPI"" of book 111, ,etumin, periodiCillly to clabo. . . . le book I. I. . and 1. 6 wen:: besun in '926- 7, and by th~ end of the '9205 Joyce: ilf,d publi. hed v. . sions of all the book [ and book III ch. aP'eI"I in . he magnine . . . . . . . . . """. AI ,hilt point 1Il he2lth . 00 family probl""" provoted a sca. . . " of de$pai. in which the work tap-kd. In the. . . . ly 19}OS Joyce began calVing the four book II W ille. . . wilh IJOnizing . Iowne". He had becr>rne v~ry . . . ""ive and we accordinsly po. . . . . . I~$S inf",. ". . . . tion
'SMFW. 66-1.
? 1bt Buffalo Notebookt 7 concm\iag the ~ i$ or mls "(lion. In 1~3;r-& Joy""' revised
bi. entire tUt and abo a$$tRIblw book IV. FW W2I ptlblls~ in '~3~.
I t h i U d ( V O l t tho< f i n t 1 I 1 1 u m a PIC r I o f m e p r e s e n t w o r k . l m o I t tntirely to book, I and 1(1, l. .
vina dIC more cryptic cpisodtl for . ubKquent aamin. nion. I . . . . . . 11 illust",'" my "'rIUIl<nf2l)' by meano of ""ruin exle"",' med". nilmS, Joy",,', FW rI<Itebookl, which are rI<IW preserved al the Univen itY of Buffalo. 'Iboy (on- . . j. me the debris of composilion.
The Buffalo NOleboob
I. is fNltn tina: . o knowortho<exif\tncc oithe Buffalo Notebooh b. . . to ruMin isnorant ohhcir content. Tbo. tt arc . iJIty-. i. nole- boob,mol' of"'anf'O". . . . . Uigaround IWObundred paa. . . . Thty have been analOl"w by Pet. . . SpieLbe1; but linle hat aw n<<l in print in thoe way of n-amcription. ' Aport from the difficuhy of in. ttpretinl Joy(e'. sen. wl the IIfea. bulk of material invo! v<<l ntH" o;ompLeto publication an unlikely ""onl in this decade.
The iiala in Joy",,'s manuocrip? ? be"an a. simple abbr""illions for me mmes ofcho. raaen. Certain inhabitanlS of FW hive be<:n rcoognlud for. long time: Frink Budgen' explaiIU thaI FW only
cor. . . . "IJ.
Plurabel~, "'ei, twO IIOrIS Sbem Ind Shlun, their daughltr luy, four old men and lWeI"" jurors. In d. . manuscripts thc:sc chane- ",". . . . . ,the. ;pm,. . . . I:. ,A, -\1IIand0 respectively.
The finl f"ameno of FW to be dnf. cd includw the 'Tristan and hoklc' a<<lion, finally u. . ed in 11. 4, and the fin. pan of 1. 1, dc:olit\. with F. . rwick. . . Notebook VI. B. l , which is very early and
prohlobly contempononeous with this wem. , mention. these ]X. - lOll,. Joy"" often abbttviates . hei. names, Tristan to 'Tri' t' or 'T', holde to 'Is' or' r, Earwiclter to ? HeR'. VI. B. I I, which seem, . ligluly I. . . . , contains such e,,,,,ift . . :
HCE bean hi. b illa<! 'Ulli you'<< awf1. ll (Ito T)
~ mirror ofmirror
'500 1'<<. . So. 'p 'a. J-l<! 1<o', _n,. ,. . . . 1LnI"", '" lAo u_"",.
B",. :A c. . r"",,-(Uni. . . . ,. ofB_ . '/6'),91-,. ,;",. . . . . E. C<". . . . " )_ J_',StriIo6I. dt_ ( E _ Nood,. "'. . . . Uni. . . . . . ,. I'r. . . . \16') (non. :riptioco of _ _ VI,A); _ Mdl. . . . . 'CIt,. ,. . ,. . ,. ,. of "" -. . .
f~ people: H . C. Earwic:ker lind lUI wife Anno Uvio
VI. B. ' 1. )0 : VI. B. lt. ,}' : VI. D. ll. lo~:
__
'J-. ). ,,". ,. . jliN M. . . . <<? u~ . . . . . i. ,. PTe. '960~ d'o. XIV.
', AWN IX. ?
