“For anyone who conceives literature in terms of plurality of perspectives, Finnegans Wake has to be the apogee. For, as we are told, every word in it has three score and ten “toptypsical” meanings – an exaggeration, of course, but an important reminder to readers who like their fiction definite.”

“For anyone who conceives literature in terms of plurality of perspectives, Finnegans Wake has to be the apogee. For, as we are told, every word in it has three score and ten “toptypsical” meanings – an exaggeration, of course, but an important reminder to readers who like their fiction definite.”

— Philip Kitcher