Impossible Joyce - 9781442646438

Impossible JoyceFinnegans Wakes\nAuthor(s): Patrick O'Neill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442646438, 978-1442646438\nSynopsis\nJames Joyces Finnegans Wake has repeatedly been declared to be entirely untranslatable. Nonetheless, it has been translated, transposed, or transcreated into a surprising variety of languages including complete renditions in French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean, and partial renditions in Italian, Spanish, and a variety of other languages. Impossible Joyce explores the fascinating range of different approaches adopted by translators in coming to grips with Joyces astonishing literary text.\n\n In this study, Patrick ONeill builds on an approach first developed in his book Polyglot Joyce, but deepens his focus by considering Finnegans Wake exclusively. Venturing from Umberto Ecos assertion that the novel is a machine designed to generate as many meanings .