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	This 20th century labyrinthine line drawing by <b>Umberto Eco</b>* traces the development of a pun created by <b>James Joyce</b> for <i>Finnegan's Wake.</i>  The drawing illustrates a decoding of the pun, tracing possible nodes of association which link the words "Neanderthal," "Meander," and "Tale" from which Joyce formed the transformative word "Meandertale."  The newly constructed word "Meandertale"  appears to signify the very name of the process that forms it, a meandering quest for as