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    Who personified the river in James Joyce's books?

    Question #82096. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Jun 16 07 10:13 PM)


    zbeckabee

    In his novel Finnegans Wake James Joyce personifies Dublin's river Liffey and gives her the name of Anna Livia Plurabelle.


    http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/schulen/praelat/comenius/exhibition.html

    Jun 16 07, 10:38 PM


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