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BL
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635977
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Gibson, George Cinclair.
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| Title & Author
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Wake rites : : the ancient Irish rituals of Finnegans Wake /\ George Cinclair Gibson.
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| Publication Statement
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, c2005.
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| Series Statement
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The Florida James Joyce series
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xiv, 277 p. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0813028701 (alk. paper)
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: 9780813028705 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 2. The day of the Wake -- 3. The Sigla group at the Teamhur Feis -- 4. The fall of the all-father -- 5. The funeral games at Valleytemple -- 6. The return of Solsking the first -- 7. The etiological myths -- 8. The recovery of the dark tongue -- Coda : the meta-Celtic canon.
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| Abstract
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Many scholars of Finnegans Wake have long suspected that a key to the Wake lay deep within the core of Irish myth. George Gibson proposes a new interpretation of the novel, based upon a previously unrecognised paradigm from Irish mythology underlying the entirety of the work.
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Joyce, James,1882-1941., Finnegans wake.
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Joyce, James,1882-1941-- Knowledge-- Mythology.
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Rites and ceremonies in literature.
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Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
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Brigit (Celtic deity)
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Ritual in literature.
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Saint Brigid's Day.
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Ireland, In literature.
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| LC Classification
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PR6019.O9F588 2005
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