tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post3556820168199545988..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: More of the overrated ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-58651097818207271492008-09-21T05:03:00.000-04:002008-09-21T05:03:00.000-04:00Lovely piece examining the historical appreciation...Lovely piece examining the historical appreciation of the in-and-outings of various works. One small quibble with the review/er? "Finnegan's Wake," a Celtic tune performed by the Dropkick Murphys, for example, does not equal Joyce's maestro-work, <I>Finnegans Wake</I>.<BR/><BR/>When the "anonymous Internet critic" pronounces "Finnegan's Wake" unfit for consumption by magpie students prone to imitating its style, I wonder if said critic refers to the tune (upon which Joyce based his novel)?<BR/><BR/>The use of quotes as opposed to italics further compounds my wonderment, so to speak. For your enjoyment or rememberment, however? The tune's chorus:<BR/><BR/>"And whack fol the dah O<BR/>Dance to your partner<BR/>Welt the floor, your trotters shake<BR/>Wasn't it the truth I told ya<BR/>Lots o' fun at Finnegan's wake . . ."<BR/><BR/>(Until recently, was working on the libretto for an opera to do with <I>FW</I> [among other items of libatious and consuming interest]. Hope work resumes more sooner than later . . . Gawds of Rooves & Righteousness Willing.)Judith Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630731762216185341noreply@blogger.com