person
also known as Eckley

The Joyce scholar Bob turns to for readings of Finnegans Wake that most Joyceans don't carry — his authority for reading the Victorian reformer W.T. Stead as a model for Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker. Start with dialogue 42 for the Stead connection.

Across the dialogues

42

Enters as the Finnegans Wake scholar behind Bob's Stead-as-HCE reading — the source that sees W.T. Stead as a character reference for Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker

Eckley's books on Finnegans Wake are Bob's authority for reading the reformer W.T. Stead — "Joyce's hero" — as a character reference for HCE.

"and there's Grace Eckley's books on Finnegans Wake, sees Stead as a major character reference for HCE,"
Bob Dobbsasserted

Connections

connects toFinnegans Wake

Joyce scholar whose books on Finnegans Wake supply Bob's reading of W.T. Stead as a model for HCE.