How the fuck am I supposed to read this? I'm really trying

Does anyone have any resources that helped them? And no I'm not an English student looking for an easy way out of an assignment I'm genuinely interested in the work

>>9096172
>>9096240
>being this plebeian
Just give up already desu

>>9096172
Do you write?

learn some french, start with the greeks and then latin. get an annotated version. appreciate the literary culture of the time.

you cant just approach any piece of art you want as an ignorant pleb

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>>9096172
They're puns. Thousands and thousands of puns, using 60 languages and an unthinkable amount of cultural references to make them work. I found Campbell's book helpful.

out loud of course!

try starting with the chapter VII (a portrait of shem by shaun), and VIII (it's two women at a clothes wash talking). You should be able to get a lot of sense if you take it slow and aLOUD

good luck

>>9096172
Think of it as a dream. You're not meant to understand each detail.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrWfbYFtNk

One day I'll be able to call Finnegans Wake my favorite book. The amount of lit pussy I'm going to slay will be unparallelled

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>>9096622
Well, I certainly hope that works out for you, anon.

>>9096172
read it slowly, look up every word. If something references the Mahabharta, drop the book and read the Mahabharta, go back and reread every page once you finish, underline fragments of words in the middle of the messes, read relentlessly so that nothing can go over your head

>>9096172
Read it out loud