Joyce's Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake
"Kitcher beginsJoyce's Kaleidoscopeby asking the right question: not 'What does each word mean?' but 'What meaning does our experience of reading convey?' This will find an elegant and satisfactory answer if we accept this invitation to a spiraling tour of the book. The 'passkey' has been given; just 'mind your hats goan in!'"-Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania"Kitcher has an important reading ofFinnegans Waketo present, and his is an ideal way into the book for those who have heretofore been too timid to attempt it."-Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Pomona College"This book performs the remarkable feat of making the pleasures ofFinnegans Wakeenticing to the general reader. . . . An irresistible invitation toFinnegans Wake, Joyce's Kaleidoscopealso appeals to experienced readers by illuminating the humanity of Joyce's vision."-Maud Ellmann, University of Notre Dame