William York Tindall

For years, William York Tindall's guide has been one of the very best ways to approach the difficult writing and complex language of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Over a period of forty years, Tindall studied, instructed, and most importantly, learned from graduate students about Joyce's greatest literary masterpiece. He explores and analyzes Joyce's unexpected depths and vast collection of puns, allusions, and word plays involving more than a dozen languages, thereby breaking down the formidable barriers that can discourage readers from enjoying the humor and brilliance of Joyce.

Literary criticism and exploration of Dubliners, A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Exiles, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake.

"An effort to account for Lawrence historically, to place him in the intellectual, social, and literary movements of his time, to show how his response to his personal problems took its character from what was going on around him."--Pref.

An examination of the poet's life and works, side by side.