The Reception of James Joyce in Europe [Paperback]

This collection of essays prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, records the ways in which James Joyce's work has been received, translated and published in different areas of Europe. Joyce is now widely considered one of the the most influential writers of the twentieth century. The impact of his work has been significant not only in the English-speaking world, but also in many European literatures. The essays in this collection explore the reception of Joyce in Germany, Russia, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Ireland.

Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Timeline: The European Reception of James Joyce; Introduction; Part I: Germany, Northern and East Central Europe; 1. James Joyce in German-speaking Countries: The Early Reception, 1919-1945; Robert Weninger (Oxford Brookes University); 2. The Institutionalization of Joyce: James Joyce in (West) Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 1945 to the Present, Robert Weninger (Oxford Brookes University); 3. The Disintegration of Stalinist Cultural Dogmatism: James Joyce in East Germany, 1945 to the Present, Wolfgang Wicht (University of Potsdam); 4. Late Arrivals: James Joyce in Iceland; Astradur Eysteinsson (University of Reykjavik); 5. The Reception of James Joyce in Norway; Bjorn Tysdahl (University of Oslo); 6. The Reception of James Joyce in Denmark; Jacob Greve (University of Copenhagen), and Steen Klitgard Povlsen; 7. Blooms in the North: The Translations of Ulysses in Finland and Sweden; H.K. Riikonen (University of Helsinki); 8. Diluted Joyce: Good Old Hollands and Water; Onno Kosters and Ron Hoffman; 9. An Excessive, Catholic Heretic from a Nation in Danger: James Joyce in Flemish Literature; Geert Buelens; 10. The Reception of James Joyce in Slovenia; Ales Pogacnik and Tomo Virk, (University of Ljubljana); 11. The Reception of James Joyce in Croatia; Sonja Basic (University of Zagreb); 12. The Czech anlS†