Q. What makes Finnegans Wake (1), the novel by James Joyce, difficult to read (1,Wikipedia)?

A. “In this journal article (2), I propose a correlation between James Joyce’s composition techniques that required multiple revisions and his interest in multiple personality, which eventually blossomed into that comedy of multiplicity, Finnegans Wake."

Comment: Although what I call “multiple personality trait” is usually an asset for novelists, it can make a novel hard to understand if not adequately controlled. Also search “James Joyce” in this blog for relevant past posts.

1. Wikipedia. “Finnegans Wake.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake

2. Fordham, Finn. “‘Circe’ and the Genesis of Multiple Personality.” James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3/4, 2008, pp. 507–20. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30244392