Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Part I
6. 1. Cynic Satire 3
7. 2. Finnegans Wake as Cynic Satire: An Ancient Attack on Modern Culture 14
8. Part II: What the Thunder Said
9. 3. Introduction to Part II 37
10. 4. The First Thunderclap: The First Technologies 41
11. 5. The Second Thunderclap: The Prankquean: She (Stoops) to Conjure - Courtship by Piracy (FW 18.17–24.14) 56
12. 6. The Third Thunderclap: HCE, The 'New Womanly Man' 75
13. 7. The Fourth Thunderclap: The Fall of the Garden Itself 93
14. 8. The Fifth Thunderclap: Belinda the Hen 110
15. 9. The Sixth Thunderclap: The Phoenix Playhouse 133
16. 10. The Seventh Thunderclap: Radio 152
17. 11. The Eighth Thunderclap: Sound Film: The Royal Wedding 172
18. 12. The Ninth Thunderclap: The Reciprocating Engine 192
19. 13. The Tenth Thunderclap: Television: The Charge of the Light Brigade 213
20. 14. Conclusion 235
21. Afterword 240
22. APPENDIX 1. On the Composition of the Thunders 243
23. APPENDIX 2. Outline of the Menippean Tradition 254
24. APPENDIX 3. The Rhetorical Structure of Finnegans Wake 257
25. Notes 267
26. Bibliography 325
27. Index 335