Finnegans Wake: Some Eastern Aspects

By Zulfiqar Ali Choudhry and Zulfiqar Ali

The oriental aspects of Joyce's work--his assimilation of Persian, Hindu and Islamic literature and culture--have been overlooked by scholars. This book corrects this omission by exploring the use of Eastern beliefs, mythology, and symbolism in Finnegans Wake. This wide ranging study discusses the Wake's debt to Richard Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights, to Hinduism (with special emphasis on Madam Blavatsky), to Islam and the life of the prophet Muhammad, and, finally, to Persian vocabulary and Zoroastrianism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195797590
• ISBN13: 9780195797596
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 300 Pages