Summer of the Wake discussion

Fresh horrors from Hades, globules of mercury, undeleted glete, glass eyes for an eye, gloss teeth for a tooth, war moans, special sighs, longsufferings of longstanding, ahs ohs ous sis jas jos gias neys thaws sos yeses and yeses and yeses.

As Meltinguncle suggested, it could be really useful for us to pick a single page (or even paragraph) and dissect it together. Any nominations?

Still stuck about 40 pages behind this week's pages, so nope, not right now. I'll read whatever you folks decide to talk about with interest when I get there.

I really enjoyed the "Mookse and the Gripes" part. Flipping through my book, I see I made a lot of markings on pages 152-153, where the fable begins. I'll try to type up my interpretation/notes later tonight.

I'm curious if anybody is using the Skeleton Key by Joseph Campbell? I have only just glanced at it.

I would be happy to discuss a page in detail. I have joined a FW group here in Philly that meets once a month to discuss just three pages. This month it is 147-149 so I am right in place!

Meltinguncle - I was reading Skeleton Key before I began each chapter. That is, until Chapter 6 when I ceased to find it very useful. Skeleton Key translates the puns, but still just tells the story with no background. Now I am finding the Tindall book more useful before each chapter, and Annotations when I am really stuck in the chapter. And when I am on a bus or beach and cannot lug around all these books, I am reading Riverrun to Livvy by Bill Cole Cliett. It is a lighthearted look at the first page of FW that is a nice distraction without being too distracting. In keeping with the spirit of the Summer of the Wake.

For a little amusement:

Image of page 1 of FW, with spellcheck turned on. http://www.stammpunct.com/

ha!

Love this! I read by recognizing the shapes of words, I've realized -- also how I spot misspellings -- and so reading this book reduces me to an incredibly slow pace. It is good to know that spellcheck agrees with my reading brain!

Sorry, I have not had a chance to type up some notes like I would like to!

I did run across this site which I really like-
http://www.finneganswake.info/

The 2nd section has some great pictures of areas in Europe that figure into FW. The 3rd section has some REALLY useful plot/narrative summary. I read the "Shem the Penman" summary and it was really helpful/cool.
http://www.finneganswake.info/narrati...