A Companion to James Joyce (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

Offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentieth- and twenty-first-century literatures. Brings together newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field. Explores Joyce's distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world. A comprehensive and timely Companion to current debates and possible areas of future development in Joyce studies. Offers new critical readings of several of Joyce's works, including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses.;Introduction: Re-readings, relocations, and receptions / Richard Brown -- Dubliners: surprised by chance / Vicki Mahaffey -- Desire, freedom, and confessional culture in A portrait of the artist as a young man / John Paul Riquelme -- Ulysses: the epic of the human body / Maud Ellmann -- Finnegans wake: novel and anti-novel / Finn Fordham -- European Joyce / Geert Lernout -- "In the heart of the Hibernian metropolis"? Joyce's reception in Ireland, 1900-1940 / John Nash -- His città immediata: Joyce's triestine home from home / John McCourt -- James Joyce and German literature, or reflections on the vagaries and vacancies of reception studies / Robert K. Weninger -- Molly's Gibraltar: the other location in Joyce's Ulysses / Richard Brown -- Joyce and postcolonial theory: analytic and tropical modes / Mark Wollaeger -- "United States of Asia": James Joyce and Japan / Eishiro Ito -- Where Agni Araflammed and Shiva Slew: Joyce's interface with India / Krishna Sen -- Joyce and New Zealand: biography, censorship, and influence / David G. Wright -- Joyce's Homer, Homer's Joyce / Declan Kiberd -- The Joyce of French theory / Jean-Michel Rabaté -- Joyce, music, and popular culture / R. Brandon Kershner -- The Joyce of manuscripts / Daniel Ferrer -- Joyce's bridge to late twentieth-century British theater: Harold Pinter's dialogue with exiles / Mark Taylor-Batty -- The Joyce effect: Joyce in visual art / Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes -- "In his secondmouth language": Joyce and Irish poetry / Derval Tubridy -- "Ghostly light": spectres of modernity in James Joyce's and John Huston's "The dead" / Luke Gibbons -- Joyce through the little magazines / Katherine Mullin -- Joyce and radio / Jane Lewty -- Scotographia: Joyce and psychoanalysis / Luke Thurston. Content: Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations and Editions Used -- 1 Introduction: Re-readings, Relocations, and Receptions -- Re-reading Texts -- Joycean Geographies: Biographical Contexts and Global Relocations -- Critical and Creative Approaches, Receptions, and Responses -- Part I: Re-reading Texts -- 2 Dubliners: Surprised by Chance -- 3 Desire, Freedom, and Confessional Culture in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- Judging the Young Artist: Autobiography, Nationhood, Sexuality A Tale of Confessions and ConstraintsGiving Lip Service to Confession: Desire, Heresy, Literature, Politics -- Confessional Turnings and the Snakes of Ireland -- The Thrill and the End of Confession -- Beyond the Horizon of Confessional Constraints -- 4 Ulysses: The Epic of the Human Body -- Inner Organs -- Cloacal Obsessions -- Throwaway Economics -- Returns -- The Flesh Made Word -- 5 Finnegans Wake: Novel and Anti-novel -- Duality and Criticism -- The "War on Language" as a Defense of "Active Nature" -- Knowledge and the Resilience of Nature "Look at all the plotsch!" (FW 81 2)"All the charictures in the drame" (FW 302 32) -- Part II: Contexts and Locations -- 6 European Joyce -- Joyce's View of His Own Mission -- Artistic Europe in Joyce's Work -- The View from Europe -- Master of Languages -- 7 "In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis"? Joyce's Reception in Ireland, 1900-1940 -- Placing Joyce in Histories of Irish Literature -- Reading Joyce before 1922 -- Reading Joyce in the 1920s -- 8 His città immediata: Joyce's Triestine Home from Home 9 James Joyce and German Literature, or Reflections on the Vagaries and Vacancies of Reception StudiesApproaches to Reception and Influence -- Gustav Freytag as Influence -- The Potential Connection with Heinrich Böll -- Ostensible Non-connection with Rilke -- Conclusion -- 10 Molly's Gibraltar: The Other Location in Joyce's Ulysses -- The Exegetical Tradition -- The Multi-ethnic Field -- "The B Marche Paris" -- 11 Joyce and Postcolonial Theory: Analytic and Tropical Modes -- Analytic and Tropical Modes and the Language of Postcolonialism Deconstruction, Bakhtin, and Postcolonial AppropriationsFamiliar and Unfamiliar Tropes: The Same Anew -- The Analytic and the Psychoanalytic: Bhabha and the Ghosts of History -- From Analytic Cleansing to Tropical Rebirth: Voicing Joyce -- 12 "United States of Asia": James Joyce and Japan -- Introduction -- The Rise of the Empire of Japan in Ulysses -- The Early Reception of Joyce in Japan -- The Fall of the Empire of Japan in Finnegans Wake -- Conclusion -- 13 Where Agni Araflammed and Shiva Slew: Joyce's Interface with India -- Joyce and India Introduction: Re-readings, Relocations, And Receptions / Richard Brown -- Dubliners: Surprised By Chance / Vicki Mahaffey -- Desire, Freedom, And Confessional Culture In A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man / John Paul Riquelme -- Ulysses: The Epic Of The Human Body / Maud Ellmann -- Finnegans Wake: Novel And Anti-novel / Finn Fordham -- European Joyce / Geert Lernout -- In The Heart Of The Hibernian Metropolis? Joyce's Reception In Ireland, 1900-1940 / John Nash -- His Città Immediata: Joyce's Triestine Home From Home / John Mccourt -- James Joyce And German Literature, Or Reflections On The Vagaries And Vacancies Of Reception Studies / Robert K. Weninger -- Molly's Gibraltar: The Other Location In Joyce's Ulysses / Richard Brown -- Joyce And Postcolonial Theory: Analytic And Tropical Modes / Mark Wollaeger -- United States Of Asia: James Joyce And Japan / Eishiro Ito -- Where Agni Araflammed And Shiva Slew: Joyce's Interface With India / Krishna Sen -- Joyce And New Zealand: Biography, Censorship, And Influence / David G. Wright -- Joyce's Homer, Homer's Joyce / Declan Kiberd -- The Joyce Of French Theory / Jean-michel Rabaté -- Joyce, Music, And Popular Culture / R. Brandon Kershner -- The Joyce Of Manuscripts / Daniel Ferrer -- Joyce's Bridge To Late Twentieth-century British Theater: Harold Pinter's Dialogue With Exiles / Mark Taylor-batty -- The Joyce Effect: Joyce In Visual Art / Christa-maria Lerm Hayes -- In His Secondmouth Language: Joyce And Irish Poetry / Derval Tubridy -- Ghostly Light: Spectres Of Modernity In James Joyce's And John Huston's The Dead / Luke Gibbons -- Joyce Through The Little Magazines / Katherine Mullin -- Joyce And Radio / Jane Lewty -- Scotographia: Joyce And Psychoanalysis / Luke Thurston. Edited By Richard Brown. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

A Companion to James Joyce offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentieth- and twenty-first-century literatures.

• Brings together 25 newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field
• Explores Joyce's distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world
• A comprehensive and timely Companion to current debates and possible areas of future development in Joyce studies
• Offers new critical readings of several of Joyce's works, including Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses

James Joyce, an iconic figure within Irish, British, European and American cultures, is growing in importance in more widely global cultural contexts as well. Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and, above all, Ulysses hold an unassailable place within the canon of twentieth-century modernist literature. Bringing together 25 newly-commissioned essays by some of the top scholars in the field, this book explores Joyce's distinctive cultural place in Irish, British and European modernism and the growing impact of his work elsewhere in the world