I've finished this book and i understood nothing at all. I've never in my entire life felt as much as a brainlet as i feel now. Please spoonfeed me some resources to understand what the fuck i am supposed to take away from FW
>>25088928There's a whole ass skeleton key, anon. It's regularly published...
>>25088928>he didn't re-read every paragraph at least 3 times
It's a free-associative work of post-structuralism Which means what you take away from it is what is correct for you. It's a dream. All humans dream, right?
>>25089255>t don't read
>>25089261Yeah I didn't sit down and read the whole thing. But I kinda get the idea. Joyce's life is also part of the art.
>>25089261Despite wording it in a retarded way that is more about sounding smart than actually saying anything, he is not wrong. Joyce's two big books are not meant to be understood through autism, you take what you can and move on with your life, reread them every few years and you will get more and also not get bits you got before, each read will be different, they will grow with you.
>>25089270Thank you. & Yes Im retarded
>>25089277Being aware of it means you are smarter than 99% of /lit/. Knowing is half the battle.
>>25089289Shut the fuck up pretentious retard. If I have to hear one more platitudinous "knowledge is power"
>>25089327It was more an insult to everyone else than a knowledge is power thing. Knowing is half the battle was a G.I. Joe reference, every episode ended with a PSA and some random kid saying "now I know" in response to one of the G.I. Joes saving them from blowing themselves up and then the G.I. Joes saying "and knowing is half the battle!" Random episode:https://youtu.be/YS7Jr9dALAct. old.
>>25089343Now I know. Thanks anon
>>25089368And knowing is half the battle.
>>25089277>>25089368>>25089386I know you guys are retarded. Am I winning yet?
>>25089389No.
The book is extremely mathematically complex and probably won't be totally understood for another few decades through the help of computers.
>>25089389>Am I winning yet?About halfway there
>>25089327>OK
Joyce will be the first author I really study. Up until now I was just consooming, reading (badly) etc - now I will go Oxford on the motherfucker. Trust.
>>25088928It is the perfect book because it proves once and for all that biography is the only lense to truly understand literature.
Is there a particular edition of Finnegans Wake I should get? I know it's written in English ("written," at least) so the edition shouldn't really matter that much. At least, are there certain editions I should avoid?
>>25089368stop it with the reddit spacing
>>25089267you don't get anything
>>25089270thank you for translating, i don't speak retard
>>25090140Restored Edition Penguin Classics
>>25088928I saw a theatrical recitation of it on youtube that actually allowed me to underatand parts of it in a way that audiobooks and annotations can't fully replicate.
