Anna Livia Plurabelle
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Anna Livia Plurabelle is a central, river-associated female figure in James Joyce’s experimental novel *Finnegans Wake*, embodying the personification of the River Liffey and themes of femininity, time, and cyclical renewal.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ mythic figure ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ALP
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Anna Livia NERFINISHED ⓘ Plurabelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
experimental literature
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | River Liffey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivesNameFrom | Anna Liffey (River Liffey) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | section of Finnegans Wake published separately in magazines ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Issy
NERFINISHED
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Shaun the Post NERFINISHED ⓘ Shem the Penman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
feminist readings of Finnegans Wake
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river-personification motifs in Joyce criticism ⓘ |
| languageFeature | associated with multilingual river puns ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
counterpart to Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
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mediator between generations ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Irish ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
mythic method in modernism
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| represents |
River Liffey
NERFINISHED
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cyclical renewal ⓘ femininity ⓘ motherhood ⓘ nature ⓘ the city of Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ time ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central female figure
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wife of Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker ⓘ |
| sectionTitleOf | “Anna Livia Plurabelle” episode in Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingAssociatedWith | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction |
cycle of life and death
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eternal feminine principle ⓘ flow of language ⓘ river goddess ⓘ |
| themeAssociatedWith |
domestic life
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gossip and rumor ⓘ history as a cycle ⓘ memory ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCreation | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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