tics of the thrcc
cultural
Ag<" which .
Hart-Clive-1962-Structure-and-Motif-in-Finnegans-Wake
y Ihal thotc ch.
pl~ which were wrillen or revised lasl teod to.
how th~ grcatal ronct:rn .
.
-jIb cyclic dcvdopmeot.
Such ?
late chapter may be ,ubdi";ded.
agaill and again until compl~1C cycl.
.
.
are 10 be found in ,borl oenteneco or """'0 in lingle .
.
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I t ;'inter",ting 10 nOle how eveo the litle, with whichJoyCl: ,aid he . . . . . making 'experimenta',LreRecta the cyclic . tructurc ofIhe book: Ihr"" syllables in a group are followed. by a fourth, Ihe 'Wake', jwt as 1M thrtt long Boob forming the cycle proper
, t. . . ,. , po 2~.
? C)dic Form
(If Fin. . . . glUtS Wakt aU followed by the coda of Book IV , the Book of Waking. Similarly, th~ title may be rud 'Fin "'gaIU HI"*", th. . . . ",. . . ,,,ling p<:J$Sibilitks nf cydic endl. . . n. . . . Joyce defiantly explains his melltod at 115. 06: 'why, pray, 'ign any- thing 11$ long as e. . . ,ry word, letter, ptnstmh:, pape. . . pa"" ;. a perfectsignarureofil>own? ';inhisoource. . . tudyMr, Atherton ha. some inR,. . ,. ting things to . . . . y about lhe5e ,ignatu,. . ,. ,' Although J oyce decided quite early that Finlltgan, W ah wa, to be cyclic a. a whole--the 1,. . . 1 ",nten"" running into the fi. . . t - it w1l$ not until SOme ~ars aftcr he had begun writing iI, and aft"r much ofit had been c~tal1ised into sonu:lhing approach_ ing the publishod form, thaI the book's pracnl ~tructurc w". decided On. In '926 J oy"" W1l$ . till . peculating about what
would go into it' ,
'I will do a few mGrc pi"". . , perhap< -1 picture-h;'toryfrom the
family album and parI> of0 di. cus:oing . . A PairifulCas. and the m-L:l, I>oUKhold etc. '
and 11$ late as '9~7 Book I was to coru;'t nf six rather than the pre,ent eight chapten. ? This initial un~",rtainty in rc:! pect of
the ov<;TIi. H dttign undoubtedly ac<;ounU fnt the more detailed organisa. tion of the material in the ial<:r ~hapte", the moat speclacular example ofwhich i. 'Shaun a', (TTL I)'
It;. by nOW thoroughly well known that in Fi_gaM Wakt Joyce made use of the cydic theori. . of liliOOry ,et out in Giambatti. ta Vico', fA &im;:<l NIIDM. ' Joyce made frequent mention of Vico both in letters and in conve=tion, and had
Samuel Beckett write an article for Our Exa",,;""Mn largely about the relevance of Viconian Iheory to the '! ruttu", and philosophy of 'Work in Progr. . . '. ? Since the publication of 6ed:ett'. article almoat every commrntator on F<-glUtS Wah hal, 11$" matter of COU"", rn. clWed the Viconian theories and
, AIM""",pp. 3~, ~, <1<-
? u,. . . . ,p. ? ~o.
? A C<Kl><CIluvedraft ofc1upt. ,. . . >, 3, . . . . ~. 7, ODd B is in ? _<booI: in 1M
British M. . . . ",. . . . , Add. MS 4U7 ' B.
? F. ,. . . dctaiJro anaIyois, SH b<low, pp. ~7~"
? Translatod into Engl;. h by T. C. lk,! :in and M. H. F"udl, n. N. . .
&into 4G. . . . I,~ Vi<<. Ithaca, '! Wl.
? S. Becken . . 01. , 0,. , ? ",,_ . PaN, '929, pp. 3. . . . . . .
"
? CyCUt FMm
shown how th~y apply in g<'n~ral to th~ book. Convenient summaries Q/" this information ar. to ~ found in the SkdtP>~ K9, in A. M. Klein', 'A Shout in the Street',' in W. Y. Tindall',
Jamt. Joyce' and, of coune, in Bed ,m's IOmewhat ,kittith article. The briefest. ,f summariel ,nust . uffice her. : Vioo oaw the hutory of the G<:ntiles as p roceeding painfully onward, and to 10m" ""tent upw~rd, in broad spirau of ! Oeial and cultural development. Each complete hutorical cycle consisted of an uninterrupted . ucct$<. ion of thrtt gr. at 'Ages'- the Divine, the Heroic, and the H uman- followed by a very brief fourth Age which brought that cycle to an end and ushered in the next. The cyclic progress ~gan with a thunderclap which frightened primitive, inarticulate man out of hu be<tial fQnlicati<>n under the optn . kies, cawed him to conceive of the exiltence of a wrathful, watehful God, to ulter hio fintl. mfied wonh-'Pa!
Pa! '- and to retire modestly 10 Ihe ohelttl of caves to initiate t! tc history of the family and of wciety. The main character_ i.
tics of the thrcc cultural Ag<" which . u~ uently developed are sct out in Tahle IV. following the Ihird Age, toward the end of which man', governing power vaniilied in a g<'neral di. . . ,lution and nC(Khaos, all fell once again into the hamh of Divine pruvidence. During tM brief interregnum, usually calk d a Tit;fIT",' the ,! dtd'" of the Heavenly game wen: set up af'rt:,h so that God might hl""t them with another terrifying thunderbolt to ltart a new cycle rolling. M an y major and
minor developmental cycles in Finntl"ru W. de follow the Vioonian scheme quite closely, bul, apart from tIl( exampk analysed ~l()w (111. 1) and my <fucnMion of tIl( "''luencc of drealll_levels (Chapter Three), I shall nOt punue the Viconian . tructure in any detai! .
Vico'. Stim. . . . . Nu~"" wal in fact only one of ICver-. . 1""orCt, for the cyclic philoaophy in FinllllgflM W<l1:t. Very little attention ""-' ~ en given to the othen bc<:a. IJM: Joyc~, with hil notorious habit of uttering half_truth. about hi, bOOQ, menti<>ned only
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TH~ CfL\RAGrERISTICS OF 11iE VIOOl\IAS AGE. S
1'1",",,'
CK. UM;'J' " Jc,. . . . . """"".
II",,,,,Iyphi<,
o;v. . . . """"""
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Vu. . . .
I t ;'inter",ting 10 nOle how eveo the litle, with whichJoyCl: ,aid he . . . . . making 'experimenta',LreRecta the cyclic . tructurc ofIhe book: Ihr"" syllables in a group are followed. by a fourth, Ihe 'Wake', jwt as 1M thrtt long Boob forming the cycle proper
, t. . . ,. , po 2~.
? C)dic Form
(If Fin. . . . glUtS Wakt aU followed by the coda of Book IV , the Book of Waking. Similarly, th~ title may be rud 'Fin "'gaIU HI"*", th. . . . ",. . . ,,,ling p<:J$Sibilitks nf cydic endl. . . n. . . . Joyce defiantly explains his melltod at 115. 06: 'why, pray, 'ign any- thing 11$ long as e. . . ,ry word, letter, ptnstmh:, pape. . . pa"" ;. a perfectsignarureofil>own? ';inhisoource. . . tudyMr, Atherton ha. some inR,. . ,. ting things to . . . . y about lhe5e ,ignatu,. . ,. ,' Although J oyce decided quite early that Finlltgan, W ah wa, to be cyclic a. a whole--the 1,. . . 1 ",nten"" running into the fi. . . t - it w1l$ not until SOme ~ars aftcr he had begun writing iI, and aft"r much ofit had been c~tal1ised into sonu:lhing approach_ ing the publishod form, thaI the book's pracnl ~tructurc w". decided On. In '926 J oy"" W1l$ . till . peculating about what
would go into it' ,
'I will do a few mGrc pi"". . , perhap< -1 picture-h;'toryfrom the
family album and parI> of0 di. cus:oing . . A PairifulCas. and the m-L:l, I>oUKhold etc. '
and 11$ late as '9~7 Book I was to coru;'t nf six rather than the pre,ent eight chapten. ? This initial un~",rtainty in rc:! pect of
the ov<;TIi. H dttign undoubtedly ac<;ounU fnt the more detailed organisa. tion of the material in the ial<:r ~hapte", the moat speclacular example ofwhich i. 'Shaun a', (TTL I)'
It;. by nOW thoroughly well known that in Fi_gaM Wakt Joyce made use of the cydic theori. . of liliOOry ,et out in Giambatti. ta Vico', fA &im;:<l NIIDM. ' Joyce made frequent mention of Vico both in letters and in conve=tion, and had
Samuel Beckett write an article for Our Exa",,;""Mn largely about the relevance of Viconian Iheory to the '! ruttu", and philosophy of 'Work in Progr. . . '. ? Since the publication of 6ed:ett'. article almoat every commrntator on F<-glUtS Wah hal, 11$" matter of COU"", rn. clWed the Viconian theories and
, AIM""",pp. 3~, ~, <1<-
? u,. . . . ,p. ? ~o.
? A C<Kl><CIluvedraft ofc1upt. ,. . . >, 3, . . . . ~. 7, ODd B is in ? _<booI: in 1M
British M. . . . ",. . . . , Add. MS 4U7 ' B.
? F. ,. . . dctaiJro anaIyois, SH b<low, pp. ~7~"
? Translatod into Engl;. h by T. C. lk,! :in and M. H. F"udl, n. N. . .
&into 4G. . . . I,~ Vi<<. Ithaca, '! Wl.
? S. Becken . . 01. , 0,. , ? ",,_ . PaN, '929, pp. 3. . . . . . .
"
? CyCUt FMm
shown how th~y apply in g<'n~ral to th~ book. Convenient summaries Q/" this information ar. to ~ found in the SkdtP>~ K9, in A. M. Klein', 'A Shout in the Street',' in W. Y. Tindall',
Jamt. Joyce' and, of coune, in Bed ,m's IOmewhat ,kittith article. The briefest. ,f summariel ,nust . uffice her. : Vioo oaw the hutory of the G<:ntiles as p roceeding painfully onward, and to 10m" ""tent upw~rd, in broad spirau of ! Oeial and cultural development. Each complete hutorical cycle consisted of an uninterrupted . ucct$<. ion of thrtt gr. at 'Ages'- the Divine, the Heroic, and the H uman- followed by a very brief fourth Age which brought that cycle to an end and ushered in the next. The cyclic progress ~gan with a thunderclap which frightened primitive, inarticulate man out of hu be<tial fQnlicati<>n under the optn . kies, cawed him to conceive of the exiltence of a wrathful, watehful God, to ulter hio fintl. mfied wonh-'Pa!
Pa! '- and to retire modestly 10 Ihe ohelttl of caves to initiate t! tc history of the family and of wciety. The main character_ i.
tics of the thrcc cultural Ag<" which . u~ uently developed are sct out in Tahle IV. following the Ihird Age, toward the end of which man', governing power vaniilied in a g<'neral di. . . ,lution and nC(Khaos, all fell once again into the hamh of Divine pruvidence. During tM brief interregnum, usually calk d a Tit;fIT",' the ,! dtd'" of the Heavenly game wen: set up af'rt:,h so that God might hl""t them with another terrifying thunderbolt to ltart a new cycle rolling. M an y major and
minor developmental cycles in Finntl"ru W. de follow the Vioonian scheme quite closely, bul, apart from tIl( exampk analysed ~l()w (111. 1) and my <fucnMion of tIl( "''luencc of drealll_levels (Chapter Three), I shall nOt punue the Viconian . tructure in any detai! .
Vico'. Stim. . . . . Nu~"" wal in fact only one of ICver-. . 1""orCt, for the cyclic philoaophy in FinllllgflM W<l1:t. Very little attention ""-' ~ en given to the othen bc<:a. IJM: Joyc~, with hil notorious habit of uttering half_truth. about hi, bOOQ, menti<>ned only
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :>IAt? u. . . . L
J. . . w
0;. . . . . , p ",," "'" low <>flo<<<,
eov. . . . . . J<T ? ,
~-
'1~. . k; ,. . ~ of
Cycljc Furor
TH~ CfL\RAGrERISTICS OF 11iE VIOOl\IAS AGE. S
1'1",",,'
CK. UM;'J' " Jc,. . . . . """"".
II",,,,,Iyphi<,
o;v. . . . """"""
0;,[""
,
","'"' , hM><t=;
Vu. . . .
