The Reception of James Joyce in Europe

by Geert Lernout (Editor), Wim Van Mierlo (Editor), Elinor Shaffer (Editor)

Overview

James Joyce is now widely considered the most influential writer of the twentieth century. His name and his most important works appeared again and again in fin-de-millennium surveys. This is the case not only in the English-speaking world, but also in many European literatures. Joyce's influence is most pronounced in French, German and Italian literatures, where translations of most of his works appeared during his life-time and where he had a clear impact on his fellow-writers. In other countries and cultures, his influence took more time to register, sometimes after the war in the fifties and sixties, and sometimes only in the final decade of the century. This was the case in most of the languages of Eastern Europe, where the translation of Joyce's work could only begin after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s.

This book contains two volumes.

Series Editor: Dr Elinor Shaffer FBA, Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Contributors to the volume include: Sonja Basic (University of Zagreb) Eric Bulson, (Columbia University) Astradur Eysteinsson (University of Reykjavik) Kalina Filipova (University of Sofia) Marta Goldmann (University of Budapest) Jakob Greve (University of Copenhagen) Manana Khergiani (New York) Teresa Iribarren (University of Barcelona) Onno R. Kosters and Ron Hoffman (The Netherlands) Alberto Lázaro (University of Alcalá, Madrid) Marisol Morales Ladrón (University of Alcalá, Madrid) Maria Filomena Louro (University of Minho, Portugal) Tina Mahkota (University of Ljubljana) John McCourt (University of Trieste) Patrick O'Neill (Queen's University, Canada) Adrian Otoiu (North University of Baia Mare, Rumania) Miltos Pehlivanos (Aristotle University, Greece) Aleš Pogacnik (Slovenia) Jina Politi (Aristotle University, Greece) Steen Klitgård Povlsen (University of Aarhus) H.K.Riikonen (University of Helsinki) Frank Sewell (University of Ulster) Sam Slote (University of Buffalo) Per Svenson (Sweden) Emily Tall (University of Buffalo) Björn Tysdahl (University of Oslo) Tomo Virk (University of Ljubljana) Jolanta W. Wawrzycka (Radford University) Robert Weninger (Oxford Brookes University) Wolfgang Wicht (University of Potsdam) Serenella Zanotti (University of Rome)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826458254
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/17/2004
Series:	The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe , #3
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Geert Lernout is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Director of the James Joyce Centre. He has published The French Joyce (1990) and Iets Anders: De GoldBerg-Varieties van Bach (2001). Dr Wim Van Mierlo is Lecturer in Textual Scholarship and English Studies at the Institute of English Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Elinor Shaffer viii

Acknowledgements xii

List of Contributors xiv

Abbreviations xix

Timeline: European Reception of James Joyce Wim Van Mierlo xx

Part I Introduction Geert Lernout 3

German

1 James Joyce in German-speaking Countries: The Early Reception, 1919-1945 Robert Weninger 14

2 The Institutionalization of 'Joyce': James Joyce in (West) Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 1945 to the Present Robert Weninger 51

3 The Disintegration of Stalinist Cultural Dogmatism: James Joyce in East Germany, 1945 to the Present Wolfgang Wicht 70

Icelandic

4 Late Arrivals: James Joyce in Iceland Astradur Eysteinsson 89

Norwegian

5 The Reception of James Joyce in Norway Bj&ophi;rn Tysdahl 103

Danish

6 The Reception of James Joyce in Denmark Jacob Greve Steen Klitgârd Povlsen 111

Finnish and Swedish

7 Blooms in the North: the Translations of Ulysses in Finland and Sweden H. K. Riikonen 129

Dutch

8 Diluted Joyce: Good Old Hollands and Water Onno Kosters Ron Hoffman 140

Flemish

9 An Excessive, Catholic Heretic from a Nation in Danger: James Joyce in Flemish Literature Geert Buelens 150

Slovenian

10 The Reception of James Joyce in Slovenia Ale&scheck; Poga&ccheck;nik Tomo Virk 162

Croatian

11 The Reception of James Joyce in Croatia Sonja Ba&scheck;ić 178

Czech and Slovak

12 The Czech and Slovak Reception of James Joyce Bohuslav Mánek 187

Romanian

13 'Le sens du pousser': On the Spiral of Joyce's Reception in Romania Adrian Oţoiu 198

14 Inter-war Romania: Misinterpreting Joyce and Beyond Arleen Ionescu 214

Polish

15 The Reception of James Joyce in PolandJolanta Wawrzycka 219

16 The Impact of Joyce's Ulysses on Polish Literature Between the Wars Thomas Anessi 230

Bulgarian

17 The Reception of James Joyce in Bulgaria Kalina Filipova 236

Russian

18 The Reception of James Joyce in Russia Emily Tall 244

Bibliography 258

Part II

Contents v

Abbreviations viii

Italian

19 Joyce Reception in Trieste: The Shade of Joyce Eric Bulson 311

20 The Triestine Joyce John McCourt 320

21 James Joyce among the Italian Writers Serenella Zanotti 329

French

22 'Après mot, le déluge' 1: Critical Response to Joyce in France Sam Slote 362

23 'Après mot, le déluge' 2: Literary and Theoretical Responses to Joyce in France Sam Slote 382

24 French Joyce: Portrait of an OEuvre Patrick O'Neill 411

Spanish

25 A Survey of the Spanish Critical Response to James Joyce Alberto Lázaro 422

26 Joycean Aesthetics in Spanish Literature Marisol Morales Ladrón 434

Catalan

27 The Reception of James Joyce in Catalonia Teresa Iribarren 445

Greek

28 Hellenize it: James Joyce in Greece Miltos Pechlivanos Jina Politi 455

Gaelic

29 James Joyce's Influence on Writers in Irish Frank Sewell 469

Bibliography 482

Index 518

Editorial Reviews

."..the work stands as a gripping analysis of the kaleidoscope responses to Joyce throughout Europe's communities across numerous historical and political periods. ."..The Reception of James Joyce in Europe offers a remarkable collection of scintillating essays providing rigorous information and scholarly illumination. The work makes a major contribution to Joyce studies, enriching the field with new perspectives from reception studies, comparative literature, and translation studies. Ultimately, The Reception of James Joyce in Europe undermines those attitudes and critical tendencies that have turned Joyce into the patrimony of an exclusive Anglo-American club. This is a highly recommended book for scholars willing to experience a (European) epiphany."- M. Teresa Caneda Cabrera, James Joyce Quarterly, Vol.44 No. 1--Sanford Lakoff

"meticulously detailed, wide-ranging study...The Reception of James Joyce in Europe...offers a rich, suggestive and densely informative contribution both to our understanding of Joyce and to our sense of a shared European literary heritage. It raises a wealth of questions about Joyce and how he has been received."--Sanford Lakoff "Journal Of European Studies "

"This sumptuous, richly informative and engrossing collection of essays has a great deal to tell us. It is a very fine advertisement for reception studies, and should convince any doubters of their intrinsic usefulness. It is of major significance to anyone concerned with modern European cultural history. The volumes are packed with intriguing details...Part of the appeal of these volumes, then, lies in the 'magpies' nest' effect, the sheer, glittering heterogeneity of interesting material with which they present us...[A] splendid collection of essays."--Sanford Lakoff

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