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Certain · 10-31-2013, 03:07 AM

James Joyce definitely would have said Finnegan's Wake was his masterwork. But no one knows what the fuck he was talking about in it. I've read parts of it and found myself largely lost every time. Then I asked tenured English professors, and they said the same. It's not a wholly lucid book. It's not supposed to be.

Ulysses is widely considered his best, but I prefered A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for its evolving writer's voice. Ulysses really requires academic study to fully grasp, and I don't care for that type of reading. I read it as I read any other book, and I really liked the words but definitely missed some of what they meant.

Dubliners is great, but it's not a reflection on his three novels at all.

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Certain Mad fucking dangerous. Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 12,066 Battle Record: 40-19 Champed - AOWL Season 3 - Art of Writing League (2x) Rep Power: 85899406	James Joyce definitely would have said Finnegan's Wake was his masterwork. But no one knows what the fuck he was talking about in it. I've read parts of it and found myself largely lost every time. Then I asked tenured English professors, and they said the same. It's not a wholly lucid book. It's not supposed to be. Ulysses is widely considered his best, but I prefered A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for its evolving writer's voice. Ulysses really requires academic study to fully grasp, and I don't care for that type of reading. I read it as I read any other book, and I really liked the words but definitely missed some of what they meant. Dubliners is great, but it's not a reflection on his three novels at all. __________________ I'm just swinging swords strictly based on keyboards, unbalanced like elephants and ants on seesaws. Last edited by Certain; 10-31-2013 at 03:10 AM.