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SHAKESPEARE AND
JOYCE:
Throughout his life Joyce often compared himself to the Bard. In the Wake, Shakespeare - his life, his plays, his characters - forms a dense and extensive matrix of allusion. Part I of this book provides a critical and interpretative view of how Shakespearean influences and allusions illuminate the themes and meanings of the Wake; the chapters are arranged to follow general patterns of allusion and motif. Part II comprises explications of a thousand Shakespearean allusions in Finnegans Wake, recorded by page and line of the novel. Finally, Part III is a set of appendices which list the Shakespearean allusions by play, act, scene, and line for easy reference. 0-86140-190-5 xii, 272pp. £30.00 |
