Nordic Joyce

This book compares the interrelationship of Irish writer James Joyce's literary works and specific Nordic literature in translation, employing an onomastic and etymological framework. It elucidates the importance of these frequent Scandinavian associations and how they inform and shape his literary work. The development of Joyce's work shows a sustained interest in contemporary Nordic and Old Norse medieval literature. By analysing Joyce's works and paratexts alongside a cross-section of important texts - Dubliners (1907) with Hans Christian Andersen's "Lykkens Kalosker" ("The Goloshes of Fortune") and "Den Lille Havfrue" ("The Little Sea Maid"), Exiles (1914) with Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken (1899), and specific medieval writing (Old Norse sagas and poetry) with Joyce's critical essays and later works, including Ulysses and Finnegans Wake - this book shows that Joyce's use of Nordic material in his writing constitutes a more extensive set of connections than previously thought. Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations List of Figures 1 Introduction: Comparatively Speaking Naming, Interfigurality, and Etymology in Joyce Notes 2 “Danes; variously catalogued”: A Scandinavian Portrait of Ireland The Dano-Norwegian Language Brandes, Ibsen, and the Modern Breakthrough (Det Moderne Gennembrud) Notes 3 Joyce and Nordic Writers Hamsun, Kristensen, Lie, Bjørnson, Strindberg, and Jacobsen Notes 4 Dubliner and Dane: Joyce and Hans Christian Andersen “The Dead” and “The Goloshes of Fortune” “The Little Sea Maid,” “An Encounter,” and “Eveline” To Undine Notes 5 Joyce’s Aural Modernism: Hljóð (Musical Sound) Notes 6 A Walking Tour of Dublin and Copenhagen Gerty MacDowell’s Danish Origins Who Was M’Intosh? Mkgnao! Mrkgnao! Mrkrgnao! Gurrhr! Notes 7 Stephen’s Saga: “old cawcaws huggin and munin for his strict privatear” Stephen’s Saga The Norse Thunderword, 1132, and Mamalujo A Medieval Romance Within a Fairy Tale: The Prankquean and Jarl Van Hoother Children’s Tales Notes Conclusion Bibliography Index