The Role of Thunder in Finnegans Wake

James Joyce''s use of ten one hundred-letter words in Finnegans Wake has always been an intriguing feature of that novel. Eric McLuhan takes a new by placing the Wake in the tradition of Menippean satire, where language is used to shock and provoke. Seen in this light, Joyce''s peculiar language and style become part of this Menippean tradition through his use of the linguistic ''thunderclap''. ...