Tag Archives: Irish

Nohow On
Samuel Beckett

Nohow On is thick—not in pagelength, but in literary opacity. It’s an adventure (or a nightmare) to read…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on July 11, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in A, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the story of the youth of Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce’s alter-ego…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 28, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in A, Reviews | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The Malone Trilogy
Samuel Beckett

I can’t really recommend this trilogy to anyone as just a few good books to read. I do, however, recommend that anyone who reads (or writes) seriously read this trilogy once…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 28, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in C-, Reviews | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Watt
Samuel Beckett

Watt is vaguely the story of a fellow named Watt who goes to work as a butler for Mr. Knott. It may also be an allegory for man’s relationship with God; I’m not sure…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 28, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in B, Reviews | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Murphy
Samuel Beckett

Having read much of Beckett’s later prose, it’s clear that Murphy is a Beckettian tale housed in Joycean prose…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 27, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in B-, Reviews | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

A Vision
William Butler Yeats

A Vision is separated into sections which can be measured by how much respect you lose for Yeats as you read it…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on June 27, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in C-, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ulysses
James Joyce

Ulysses is the “sequel” to Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. That book is about the youth of Stephen Dedalus. Ulysses picks up where that book left off…

Post by David J. Peterson Posted on January 26, 2006 – 12:00 am | Posted in A+, Reviews | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)