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Old 11-16-2009, 12:56 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Sorry, but I think that Finnegan's Wake is probably one of the least-read and least popular classics of all. I did know a chess master who loved it and thought it was hilarious, and certainly Marshall McLuhan quoted it quite often to good effect. American generally don't appreciate poetry, and I think that it can be argued that Finnegan's Wake is a big poem.
Finnegan's Wake is currently ranked #23,087, so now it legitimately belongs on the list. I'll be honest, I can't stand reading James Joyce. I'd rather read the dictionary than Joyce. And, I'm of Irish decent. Yet arguing that Finnegan's Wake doesn't belong on a list of classics is really kind of silly.
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