Since its publication in 1939, countless would-be readers of Finnegans Wake - James Joyce's masterwork, which consumed a third of his life - have given up after a few pages, dismissing it as a "perverse triumph of the unintelligible." In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first "key" or guide ...(展开全部)

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Experimental novel by James Joyce. Extracts of the work appeared as Work in Progress from 1928 to 1937, and it was published in its entirety as Finnegans Wake in 1939. The book is, in one sense, the story of a publican in Chapelizod (near Dublin), his wife, and their three children; but Mr. Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, Mrs. Anna Li...(展开全部)

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Experimental novel by James Joyce. Extracts of the work appeared as Work in Progress from 1928 to 1937, and it was published in its entirety as Finnegans Wake in 1939. The book is, in one sense, the story of a publican in Chapelizod (near Dublin), his wife, and their three children; but Mr. Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, Mrs. Anna Li...(展开全部)

Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of "Ulysses". The suggestive potential of minor details was enormously fascinating to Joyce, and the precision of his use of detail is a most important aspect of his literary method. The annotations in this volume illuminate details which are not in the pub...(展开全部)

Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of "Ulysses". The suggestive potential of minor details was enormously fascinating to Joyce, and the precision of his use of detail is a most important aspect of his literary method. The annotations in this volume illuminate details which are not in the pub...(展开全部)

The return of a classic: This biography of the young James Joyce is "a remarkable exposition of the relationship between a famous man and [his] brother."--T. S. Eliot. Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, a...(展开全部)

确认了北平川樱岛逝去的事实，黑尾浬澍深陷悲痛的泥沼难以自拔。在樱岛的亲人们面前，他就像条败犬灰溜溜地逃走了。 　　失魂落魄的黑尾茫然地走在街上，意外结识了一位从天而降的银发少女米娅。 　　从少女的口中，黑尾得知了“自己现在所处的世界，甚至身...

确认了北平川樱岛逝去的事实，黑尾浬澍深陷悲痛的泥沼难以自拔。在樱岛的亲人们面前，他就像条败犬灰溜溜地逃走了。 　　失魂落魄的黑尾茫然地走在街上，意外结识了一位从天而降的银发少女米娅。 　　从少女的口中，黑尾得知了“自己现在所处的世界，甚至身...

R.O.布莱克曼，美国著名插画家，写过七本生动有趣的小说。1953年出版处女作《女士的把戏》，并以自由插画师的身份为《纽约时报》、《财富》、《滚石》、《Elle》等出版物创作插画，其作品屡登《纽约客》的封面。布莱克曼的插画作品风格独特，令人过目不忘，曾经在纽约、巴黎、柏林和慕尼黑展出。 他还创立了动画工作室Ink Tank，并经营二十七年之久，将伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基的《士兵的故事》改编为动画电影并一举获得1983年的艾美奖。 在布莱克曼获得的众多荣誉中，特别值得一提的是他于1999年加入“艺术指导协会名人堂”(Art Directors Club Hail of Fame)。另外，2003年纽约现代艺术博物馆还为他的动画电影举办了个展。

R.O.布莱克曼，美国著名插画家，写过七本生动有趣的小说。1953年出版处女作《女士的把戏》，并以自由插画师的身份为《纽约时报》、《财富》、《滚石》、《Elle》等出版物创作插画，其作品屡登《纽约客》的封面。布莱克曼的插画作品风格独特，令人过目不忘，曾经在纽约、巴黎、柏林和慕尼黑展出。 他还创立了动画工作室Ink Tank，并经营二十七年之久，将伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基的《士兵的故事》改编为动画电影并一举获得1983年的艾美奖。 在布莱克曼获得的众多荣誉中，特别值得一提的是他于1999年加入“艺术指导协会名人堂”(Art Directors Club Hail of Fame)。另外，2003年纽约现代艺术博物馆还为他的动画电影举办了个展。