Outline of Chapter Contents
Contents
Book I
Chapter I Introduction - The Willingdone Museum - The finding of the letter - Pre-history of Ireland - Mutt and Jute - Jarl van Hoother and the Prankquean - The Fall - Finnegan’s Wake - Introduction to HCE
Chapter II The naming of HCE - The encounter with the cad - The spreading of the cad’s story - The Ballad of Persse O’Reilly
Chapter III Earwicker’s version of the story filmed, televised, and broadcast - HCE’s wake - Reports of HCE’s crime and flight - Court inquiries - HCE reviled - HCE remains silent and sleeps - Finn’s resurrection foreshadowed
Chapter IV Burial of HCE in Lough Neagh - Festy King on trial - Freed - Reveals his deception - The letter is called for - ALP is brought in
Chapter V ALP’s Mamafesta - The interpretation of the letter - The Book of Kells
Chapter VI Radio quiz - 12 questions concerning various figures and places - Shaun and Shem - The Mookse and the Gripes - Burrus and Caseous
Chapter VII Portrait of Shem the Penman - His lowness, cowardice, drunken boasting - Shem as forger - The haunted inkbottle - Justius and Mercius
Chapter VIII Anna Livia Plurabelle - Gossip of two washerwomen on the banks of the Liffey - Darkness - Washerwomen turn into a tree and a stone
Book II
Chapter I The mime of Mick, Nick, and the Maggies - Glugg and the three riddles - Glugg and Chuff - Children’s games end - Prayers before bed
Chapter II Nightlessons - Shem, Shaun, and Issy - Grammar, history, letter writing, mathematics - Invasions of Ireland - Dolph and Kev - Essay assignments - Children’s nightletter to parents
Chapter III HCE in the pub - The tale of Kersse the tailor and the Norwegian Captain - Television comedians Butt and Taff telling how Buckley shot the Russian General - The four old men bother HCE - The case against HCE - The funeral games - HCE drinks the dregs and passes out
Chapter IV Voyage of Tristan and Iseult - The four masters spy on their love-making - The hymn of Iseult la Belle
Book III
Chapter I Shaun the Post - The Ondt and the Gracehoper - Shaun vilifies Shem - Shaun in a barrel rolls downriver
Chapter II Shaun as Jaun - Sermon to the girls of St Bride’s - Jaun and Issy - Issy’s love-letter to Jaun - Jaun introduces Dave - Jaun as Haun
Chapter III Yawn interrogated by four old men - Inquiry and séance - Voices speak through Yawn, including ALP’s - HCE revives and testifies - Boasts of the city he has founded and his conquest of ALP
Chapter IV The Porter parents - Matt, Mark, Luke and John - The four positions of love-making between HCE and ALP
Book IV
Chapter I Ricorso - Dawn of a new era - The celebration of Kevin - HCE’s indiscretion published scene of crime revisited - Mutt and Juva, the dispute between St Patrick and the Archdruid - ALP’s letter - Anna Livia’s soliloquy
