A Word In Your Ear: How & Why To Read James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

by Eric Rosenbloom

'A sine qua non for Joyceans' (Clarence Sterling). 'Certainly the best intro to the Wake I've seen' (Andrew H. Blom). This lively and readable essay provides essential background information and helpful reading techniques.

Genres: Nonfiction

158 pages, Paperback

First published June 27, 2005

Reviews

[John Bleasdale · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful tribute

Rosenbloom’s book is a beautiful introduction to Finnegans Wake as well as a complementary poem in parts. It unwraps and unravels without undoing and if anything makes more enigmatic this weird but not unreadable book. It is the most meaningful book in many ways but with such an overweight meaning that it breaks narrative and precipitates into I don’t know what. This will cushion the fall.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick Primer

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a long essay published in book form. It's interesting. And again, more readable than the book it's trying to get you to read.