
Joyce in Trieste
An Album of Risky Readings
University Press of Florida
Published on 21. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8130-8131-1 (ISBN)
Description
A celebration of the transformative effects of James Joyce's time in Trieste
Joyce in Trieste is a record of the transformation in text, meaning, and language that Trieste worked upon Joyce. This volume begins with three path-breaking essays: Michael Groden's unveiling of the manuscripts acquired by the National Library of Ireland in 2002, Margot Norris's introduction of the particularly effective paradigm of "risky reading" to describe the provocative re-contextualizations in history, theory, and culture that reveal something new about Joyce's work, and Zack Bowen's celebration of the Platonic and erotic qualities of Joyce's language.
Each essay opens up to a section that follows the opening lead: essays on manuscript genetics following Groden, a political set of essays following Norris, and a set of essays on language following Bowen. Included are some final thoughts from the late Hugh Kenner, work from Joyceans such as Vike Martina Plock and Dirk Van Hulle, and political studies of Israel and Palestine. This volume provides a lively and useful summary of recent and future directions of Joyce scholarship and will be of particular interest to Joyce and Irish studies scholars as well as those interested in provocative readings of twentieth-century literature.
Joyce in Trieste is a record of the transformation in text, meaning, and language that Trieste worked upon Joyce. This volume begins with three path-breaking essays: Michael Groden's unveiling of the manuscripts acquired by the National Library of Ireland in 2002, Margot Norris's introduction of the particularly effective paradigm of "risky reading" to describe the provocative re-contextualizations in history, theory, and culture that reveal something new about Joyce's work, and Zack Bowen's celebration of the Platonic and erotic qualities of Joyce's language.
Each essay opens up to a section that follows the opening lead: essays on manuscript genetics following Groden, a political set of essays following Norris, and a set of essays on language following Bowen. Included are some final thoughts from the late Hugh Kenner, work from Joyceans such as Vike Martina Plock and Dirk Van Hulle, and political studies of Israel and Palestine. This volume provides a lively and useful summary of recent and future directions of Joyce scholarship and will be of particular interest to Joyce and Irish studies scholars as well as those interested in provocative readings of twentieth-century literature.
Reviews / Votes
"This attractive book . . . presents a set of substantial readings."-Modern Language Review"Add[s] yet another celebratory chord to the polyphony of Joycean scholarship."-English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
- 2 Illustrations, black and white - Index - 3 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-8131-1 (9780813081311)
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Persons
Sebastian D. G. Knowles is professor emeritus of English at Ohio State University.
Geert Lernout is professor emeritus at the University of Antwerp. He is general editor of European Joyce Studies and Genetic Joyce Studies.
John McCourt is codirector of the University of Trieste's Trieste Joyce School. He is the author of The Years of Bloom: Joyce in Trieste, 1904-1920.
Geert Lernout is professor emeritus at the University of Antwerp. He is general editor of European Joyce Studies and Genetic Joyce Studies.
John McCourt is codirector of the University of Trieste's Trieste Joyce School. He is the author of The Years of Bloom: Joyce in Trieste, 1904-1920.