r/jamesjoyce • u/nostalgiastoner • 11d ago

Finnegans Wake McHugh's Annotations

I was wondering whether anyone here has read Finnegans Wake using McHugh's Annotations.

What did you think of it?

What was your experience?

How did you go about it?

Cheers!

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u/Big-Recipe6586 11d ago

It was an extremely useful resource for me. I don't think I would have been able to get through my first read-through without it. The fact that it's page-by-page is incredibly convenient, too

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u/No_Animator_8599 11d ago

I’m stunned that somebody actually created this. All I can say is my second read of Ulysses was unpleasant using annotations because there were just too many for each chapter and after awhile I skipped quite a few.

I read Finnegan’s Wake in the early 70’s using Joseph Campbell’s book as a guide.