Finnegans Wake WIP Exagimation: review by the 12 Masters

This is the 1972 New Directions edition of Our Exagminations Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress, a collection of critical essays on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. The book features contributions from prominent figures like Samuel Beckett, Marcel Brion, Joseph Campbell and Frank Budgen, exploring Finnegans Wake's complex structure, linguistic innovations, and philosophical underpinnings, particularly its debt to Giambattista Vico's cyclical theory of history. The essays delve into Joyce's neologisms, his unconventional handling of time and space, and the multifaceted nature of his characters. Ultimately, the collection aims to illuminate and contextualise the challenging but rewarding aspects of Joyce’s final masterpiece. #finneganswake #finneganswakenotes #jamesjoyce #irishliterature