List Review Service #017, "FWAKE-L" (December 2, 1992)
URL: ftp://ftp.lib.ncsu.edu/pub/stacks/lrs/lrs-017
LIST REVIEW SERVICE ISSN: 1060-8192
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Issue No. 17 Finnegan's Wake (FWAKE-L) 02 DEC 1992
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Published periodically by The University of Missouri, St. Louis
Libraries. Raleigh C. Muns (SRCMUNS@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU), editor.
CONTENTS: REVIEW (24 lines)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTIVITY (20 lines)
SUGGESTED USES (07 lines)
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION (07 lines)
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REVIEW -
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"His writing is not about something. It is the thing itself."
- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) of James Joyce
Hard core (HARD CORE!!!) scholarship. The byzantine analysis by the
_Finnegan's_Wake_ folk becomes transparent in this dense, high-level,
incredibly thorough and ongoing discussion of the Joyce opus. I have
only read Joyce's _Dubliners_ and don't consider myself an expert. So,
as an outsider reading these messages I found myself to be mystified,
curious, frustrated, and amused. I felt like I'd walked into a graduate
level course totally unprepared. Luckily, I realized I wasn't really
"there" and just sat back and enjoyed the discussion, fully expecting
blows to eventually be exchanged over the hypothetical placement of a
comma. No such luck (yet).
Contributor Bill Cadbury (BCADBURY@OREGON.BITNET) posted a number of
essays that could have been lectures in an ongoing course. Without
contacting him, he may actually have been teaching a course via the
list. His, and others, postings tended to be lengthy and wordy, but
not fatty. Complex works sometimes require complex analysis.
FWAKE-L: Rabid, yes. Vapid, no. Not for the stupid.
-R. Muns
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SYNOPSIS OF TWO WEEK'S ACTIVITY -
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Name of List Reviewed: FWAKE-L
Location: FWAKE-L@IRLEARN (Bitnet)
Listowner: Michael O'Kelly
MOKELLY@IRLEARN (Bitnet)
No. of Listserv Subscribers: 108 in 9 countries
Period Monitored: 01 NOV 1992 - 14 NOV 1992
No. Messages Period Monitored: 16
No. Queries Posted: 02 (12 % of total activity)
No. Non-queries Posted: 14 (88 % of total activity)
Lines Sent (w/o headers): 1640 (app. 71 screens of 23 lines)
Msgs. Posted Last 02 Months: 85
Searchable Archives: Yes
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SUGGESTED USES FOR LIST -
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1) Print out and pass on messages to those humanist
scholars who consider computers to be irrelevant to
their pursuits, thus convincing them otherwise.
2) Indispensable tool for any Joyce scholar.
3) Impress people at parties.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION -
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Send an e-mail message with blank subject line to:
LISTSERV@IRLEARN (Bitnet address)
Message should consist solely of:
SUBSCRIBE FWAKE-L your_name
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Opinions expressed are solely those of the reviewer and do not
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Copyright 1992. Raleigh C. Muns (Reference Librarian)
Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri, St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121 (ph:(314) 553-5059)
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