Daily Summary Reading
Finnegans Wake
Chapter / Pages : 30-36
What happens? After ‘the Fall’, Humphrey Chimpden
Earwicker comes to town and is discussed and shown in some detail. He meets a
fellow with a pipe, who appears to be the devil and to whom he describes his
activities in the park (garden) – the fellow gets information from him that he
twists to his purposes. HCE is also
shown to be “Here Comes Everybody” and Hag Chivyvas Eve. His pedigree is
discussed in some detail.
Experience of the
text: This section of text registers much more
as English, much more legible than the previous chapter. The sentences seem to follow logically from
each other in a manner more sensible, although the sentences seem much longer,
with more discursiveness than “normal” sentences. The text seems to have a more
fluid sensibility than the previous.
.
Procedure: 1. First reading –
aloud 2. Second reading – read with
annotations / gloss and the Skeleton Key
text by Campbell 3. Third reading – silent read through following first two
readings.
Discussion:
I am anxious as to the fate of HCE, having come into the
picture just after the fall and after misadventure in the park / garden and
meeting with the devil.
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