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James Joyce Finnegans Wake

Fiction
English
220526 Words
Ages 6 and up
1518
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James Joyce (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Finnegans Wake is a work of comic prose by Irish writer James Joyce that is significant for its experimental style and resulting reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of seventeen years, and published in 1939, two years before the author's death, Finnegans Wake was Joyce's final work. Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce's last great work, it is not comprised of many borrowed styles, like Ulysses, but, rather, formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. This 'language' is based on English vocabulary and syntax but, at the same time, self-consciously designed to function as a pun machine with an astonishing capacity for resisting singularity of meaning. [more]

Keywords: James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Literature, Fiction, Experimental, Comic Prose, Humour, Anna Livia Plurabelle, Irish Wake, Ireland

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John Burroughs Wake-Robin

Fiction
English
57692 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in [more]

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Elisabeth K. WAKE UP!

zum Nachdenken

Drama
German
1703 Words
No Age Recommendation
433
10

Wake up! Was so viel heißt wie "Wach auf!" Ist in diesem Fall/dieser Geschichte Zweideutig. __________________________ Liebe Autofahrer, Unfälle passieren [more]

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John Burroughs Wake-Robin

Adventure
English
58668 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871. In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and its relative obscurity since [more]

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John Burroughs Wake-Robin

Study Aids
English
59391 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871. In the words of his biographer Edward Renehan, Burroughs' special identity was less that of a scientific naturalist than that of "a literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world." The result was a body of work whose resonance with the tone of its cultural moment explains both its popularity at that time, and its relative obscurity since. [more]

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DublinerTinte Finnigan's Wake - letzter Teil

Late Father Judge

Fiction
German
2030 Words
No Age Recommendation
281
3

Das letzte Kapitel von Finnigan's Wake.

Keywords: Irland, IRA, Boston

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John Burroughs Wake-Robin

Study Aids
English
61710 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
0

This is mainly a book about the Birds, or more properly an invitation to the study of Ornithology, [more]

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Kennedy Brazier WAKE ME UP BEFORE I DIE

BOOK I - Chapter I & 2 ONLY

Fiction
English
2705 Words
Ages 16 and up
835
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Wake Me Up Before I Die, is the first book in the Trilogy of the trials and tribulations of the Lureaux Family. Book I introduces Johnny Lureaux in the 1930’s as a young child in Selma, Alabama and the extraordinary circumstances he must face just to stay alive. Facing death as an Alabama illegitimate child, through an abusive Grandmother, an early marriage and then into the mindset of a sniper in the Korean Conflict, Johnny Lureaux will ignore every chance he is given, in each life he is awarded, with repetitive bad choices. In Book I, the final roles of his 27 years of life, as a South-side Chicago bandit and a young father, will fall under the darkness of the deceitful life he has chosen. As the Blackfoot’s song of his past echoes in the distance, death soars with the giant blackbird over him. It is final and as Johnny fights to discover the connection of his past to his presence, he will be transcended into the unity of Life and Death. In the place between body and spirit he prays for a new existence and screams to PLEASE WAKE ME UP BEFORE I DIE! [more]

Keywords: Family Saga, Selma, Chicago, African American, Great Northern Migration

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