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PHI ®S ACAD MY EPH 3 1867 00137 2049 CAMPBELL A [ SKELETON KEY TO FINNEGANS WAKE UNLOCKING JAMES JOYCE’S MASTERWORK Mvi.'i'ioii'tjy ; Literature $23.95 u-s- C ountless readers have begun Finnegans Wake —James Joyce’s masterwork, on which he labored for a third of his life—only to give up after a few pages and dismiss this great work as a “perverse triumph of the unintelligible.” Indeed, when it was first published in 1939, the book was met largely with indifference, as readers and critics asked, “Why bother with a book that’s so hard to read?” Five years later, in 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with novelist and poet Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first guide to entering the fascinating, disturbing, marvelous world of Finnegans Wake. Although many explications of Joyces book have been written since, none displays the lyrical en¬ thusiasm or passion that Campbell and Robinson brought to their deciphering. Now this beautiful new cloth edition joins the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series with a new foreword and updates by Joyce scholar Dr. Edmund L. Epstein that add the insight and context of sixty years of Joyce scholarship. Few early readers found themselves able to work out the mythical and literary allusions that Joyce drew on in Finnegans Wake, but for Campbell it all made sense. Referring to the years he spent in a cabin during the Depression reading book after book of the Western and Eastern Canons, Campbell explained, “Everything that Joyce w?" writing about came straight out of what I’d be immersing myself in during those five years in t wilderness.” Page by page, chapter by chapter, Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake outlines the ba action of Joyce’s book, simplifi ' and clarifies t complex web of images an \ ; os, and provid an understandable, con tin,,; • nrative fro which the reader can venture c\\\ her ow # # # # # <^Anno\77% • # # # # # # PHILLIPS • ACADEMY # # # # # OLIVER • WENDELL • HOLMES # # # LIBRARY # # # per ampUcm ## # # # # This book is a 50th reunion gift from the Class of 1926 ABBOT ACADEMY in memory of MISS BERTHA BAILEY principal of Abbot Academy 1913-1935 VsStK-u | A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake Other Titles in the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension (Selected Essays 1944-1968) Sake & Satori: Asian Journals Japan — Baksheesh & Brahman: Asian Journals India — The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal Mythic Worlds, Modern Words: Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation More titles forthcoming JOSEPH CAMPBELL AND HENRY MORTON ROBINSON • A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake • UNLOCKING JAMES JOYCE’S MASTERWORK Edited and with a new foreword by Edmund L. Epstein O JOSEPH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION NEW WORLD LIBRARY NOVATO, CALIFORNIA AUG if 0 2005 -ia v New World Library X 14 Pamaron Way Novato, California 94949 Copyright © 1944, 1961 by Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson, © 2005 by the Joseph Campbell Foundation All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a re¬ trieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Cover design by Mary Ann Casler Text design and typography by Tona Pearce Myers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987 A skeleton key to Finnegans wake / by Joseph Campbell & Henry Morton Robinson. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-57731-405-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Joyce, James, 1882—1941. Finnegans wake—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Psychological fiction, English—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Dreams in literature—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Robinson, Henry Morton, 1898-1961. II. Title. PR6019.O9F57 2005 823 .9X2-dc22 2OO5OO089O First printing, May 2005 ISBN 1-57731-405-0 ISBN 13 1-57731-405-9 Printed in Canada on acid-free, partially recycled paper Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West 10 987654321 To Jean and Gertrude Two sparkling daughters of Anna Livia Plurabelle . '
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