
James Joyce's 'Work in Progress'
Pre-Book Publications of Finnegans Wake Fragments
Dirk Van Hulle(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 21. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-0-367-34662-1 (ISBN)
Description
The text of Finnegans Wake is not as monolithic as it might seem. It grew out of a set of short vignettes, sections and fragments. Several of these sections, which James Joyce confidently claimed would "fuse of themselves", are still recognizable in the text of Finnegans Wake. And while they are undeniably integrated very skillfully, they also function separately. In this publication history, Dirk Van Hulle examines the interaction between the private composition process and the public life of Joyce's 'Work in Progress', from the creation of the separate sections through their publication in periodicals and as separately published sections. Van Hulle highlights the beautifully crafted editions published by fine arts presses and Joyce's encouragement of his daughter's creative talents, even as his own creative process was slowing down in the 1930s. All of these pre-book publications were "alive" in both bibliographic and textual terms, as Joyce continually changed the texts in order to prepare the book publication of Finnegans Wake. Van Hulle's book offers a fresh perspective on these texts, showing that they are not just preparatory versions of Finnegans Wake but a 'Work in Progress' in their own right.
Reviews / Votes
'Dirk van Hulle's impeccably researched and wide-ranging book is a major contribution to Joyce scholarship. Presenting the full book-history account of the published versions of "Work in Progress" that appeared in the sixteen years before the publication of Finnegans Wake in 1939, van Hulle persuasively argues that these texts constitute an important subject and series of texts in their own right.' Michael Groden, Western University CanadaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-34662-1 (9780367346621)
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Book
05/2016
1st Edition
Routledge
€252.55
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E-Book
04/2016
Routledge
€65.99
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E-Book
04/2016
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
Person
Dirk Van Hulle is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Antwerp. He is the author of Modern Manuscripts: The Extended Mind and Creative Undoing (2014) and co-director of the Beckett Digital Manuscript Project. He recently edited the New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett (2015).
Content
Table of contents to come.