A way a lone a last a loved a long the
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"A way a lone a last a loved a long the" is the famously unfinished, looping final line of James Joyce’s experimental novel Finnegans Wake, which leads back into the book’s opening.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
closing line
ⓘ
literary quotation ⓘ looping ending ⓘ sentence ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
circular time motif
ⓘ
experimental modernist fiction ⓘ modernism ⓘ themes of love and loss ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
opening line of Finnegans Wake
ⓘ
riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | famously unfinished, looping final line of Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| feature |
circular structure
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experimental prose ⓘ stream of consciousness style ⓘ unfinished syntax ⓘ |
| function | to loop the end of the book back to its beginning ⓘ |
| hasLengthInWords | 10 ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | none ⓘ |
| hasWord |
last
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lone ⓘ long ⓘ loved ⓘ the ⓘ way ⓘ |
| influenced | discussions of circular narrative in literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memorability | high among Joyce readers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
circular narrative effect
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iconic status in modernist literature ⓘ open-ended interpretation ⓘ |
| partOf | ending of Finnegans Wake ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final line ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork | 1939 ⓘ |
| quotationType | closing sentence of a novel ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Joyce studies
ⓘ
modernist literature courses ⓘ |
| usedIn | literary criticism of James Joyce ⓘ |
| work | Finnegans Wake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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