Finnegans Wake (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Joyce
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Dream vision
- Subjects: History, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Marriage, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Guilt, Dreams, Nightmares, Drinking or drunkenness, Consciousness, Ireland or Irish people, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Subconscious
- Locales: Dublin, Ireland
Places Discussed
Dublin. Capital of Ireland in which the events of the novel that take place in the “real” world are set. Major city landmarks, such as Howth Castle, the Liffey River, and Phoenix Park are used symbolically as points of departure into the fantastic dreamworld that parallels the narrative.
Bedroom. Upstairs, above a public house in Chapelizod, a suburb of Dublin, Mr. and Mrs. Porter, their waking names, are asleep in their bed. In the novel’s dreamworld they are known as Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker and Anna Livia Plurabelle, usually as HCE and ALP...
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