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Drivel. Exceedingly brilliant drivel, though drivel nonetheless.
The one aspect that I truly enjoyed was Joyce's fantastic puns and silly portmanteau words. If there's one thing I learned from this book, it is that the amount of words you can make sound like others is endless. I am admittedly in awe of Joyce, I couldn't write a slew of wildly confusing things that appear to be completely indecipherable if I tried. I did have Joseph Campbell's "Skeleton Key to Finnegan's Wake" helping me out a bit ...more
The one aspect that I truly enjoyed was Joyce's fantastic puns and silly portmanteau words. If there's one thing I learned from this book, it is that the amount of words you can make sound like others is endless. I am admittedly in awe of Joyce, I couldn't write a slew of wildly confusing things that appear to be completely indecipherable if I tried. I did have Joseph Campbell's "Skeleton Key to Finnegan's Wake" helping me out a bit ...more
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