The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature

Finnegans Wake: Joyce’s Final Epic (1x32)

Air date: Oct 31, 2016

Dive headfirst into the complex, confusing, circular dream world of Finnegans Wake, Joyce’s final book. Professor Conner gives you a way into the work-which ostensibly tells the dream of a Dublin pub owner and family man-and you’ll come away with an understanding of how Joyce tapped into the mythic patterns of life within Ireland.