I am developing a serious spinal crush on the book series European Joyce Studies. Currently, the edition with the theme of time is causing a thrill. "Teems of Times", it's subtitled, taking the famous phrase from the Washerwoman section of the Wake.
Although my focus isn't exactly "on time" (punctuality, always a challenge) when it comes to FW, the essays are enjoyable. I'm particularly dwellng on the penultimate chapter by Simon Carnell. Not only has it pointed out an Australian reference (always a treasured rarity in Joycean studies), it has yielded juicy quotationals:
"The evidence of Joyce's response to events in Ireland leading up to the establishemnt of the Free State is caracteristically limited, and typically ambiguous." p148, Carnell.
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