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James Joyce

Finnegans Wake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

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Essay Topics

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How does the title of Finnegans Wake prepare the reader for the themes contained within the novel?

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In what way do the characters engage with the question of identity? How do the numerous and overlapping identities of the characters illustrate the characters’ place in history and society?

3.

Set in Dublin in the decades following Irish independence from the British, how does Finnegans Wake explore post-colonial themes?