First we feel. Then we fall.

James Joyce

Finnegans Wake

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Author

James Joyce

Source

Finnegans Wake

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber, 1939.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Wordsworth, 2012.

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My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

James Joyce

Araby

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Topic
Being in love

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James Joyce
Source
Araby Dubliners
Medium
Short story
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners. Grant Richards Ltd., 1914.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners, edited by Terence Brown. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Another quote from the 1930s

Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,
Will not stay still.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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Topic
Meaning of words Words Limits of language

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 5.

Another quote from 1939

The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians.

Greta Garbo

Ninotchka

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Topic
Show trials Russian communism
Speaker
Ninotchka
Actor
Greta Garbo
Source
Ninotchka
Medium
Film
Genre
Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ninotchka. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.