Joyce&39s Book of the Dark Finnegans Wake [Paperback]

“Joyce’s Book of the Darkgives us such a blend of exciting intelligence and impressive erudition that it will surely become established as one of the most fascinating and readableFinnegans Wakestudies now available.”—Margot Norris,James Joyce Literary Supplement

“Joyce’s Book of the Darkgives us such a blend of exciting intelligence and impressive erudition that it will surely become established as one of the most fascinating and readableFinnegans Wakestudies now available.”—Margot Norris,James Joyce Literary Supplement

“Mr. Bishop has ventured on the process more boldly, more thoroughly, more imaginatively and more informedly than any of his predecessors.  He makes the text comment on itself, as it was constructed to do; but, knowing the whole thing by heart (as I surmise), he is able to multiply a thousandfold the concords and discords of which a reader is aware, and to amplify them through an impressive array of theoretical circuitry.”—Robert M. Adams,New York Times Book Review   

“Bishop shows a masterful command of the text and its nuances; but of even greater importance is his sense of the comic flair and wit that so distinguishes this ‘funferall’; it is the mark of a true Joycean.  Because of its freshness of approach and positive contribution, it belongs in all libraries housing even a preliminary Wake collection.”—Choice

“Though it is well known that Joyce claimed that his intention in Finnegans Wake was to ‘reconstruct the nocturnal life,’ Bishop is the first scholar to see in this notion the key to Joyce’s wildly obscure masterpiece.  His reading of Finnegans Wake as a night-book produces a new sense of the book’s form, shape, and structure.  In his real“¢