A skeleton key to Finnegans wake; unlocking James Joyce's masterwork.PR6019 2005-000890 1-57731-405-0 A skeleton key to Finnegans wake A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (1944) by mythologist Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson is a work of literary criticism. One of the first major texts to provide an in-depth analysis of Finnegans Wake (James Joyce's final novel), ; unlocking James Joyce's masterwork mas·ter·work n. See masterpiece. . Campbell, Joseph and Henry Morton Robinson Henry Morton Robinson (born in Boston on September 7, 1898–died in New York on January 13, 1961) was an American novelist, best known for his 1950 novel The Cardinal . Ed. by Edmund L. Epstein. New World Library, [c]2005 402 p. $23.95 **** An earlier edition is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. Before he became a famous mythographer my·thog·ra·pher n. One who records, narrates, or comments on myths. [From Greek m , American academic Campbell (1904-87) and novelist and poet Robinson outlined Joyce's 1939 work page by page and chapter by chapter, simplified and clarified the complex images and allusions, and provided a continuous narrative from which readers can venture out on their own. It was published in 1944. The reissue is part of an effort to make available Campbell's unpublished and out-of-print work. |
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